Vocabulary

Idioms

Easy

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I WORD List - II Extension
(A) Fish (I) practices bring downfall
(B) Necessity (II) is the mother of invention
(C) Corrupt (III) of the same feather flock together
(D) Birds (IV) out of water

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

List - I WORD	List - II Extension
(A) Fish	(I) practices bring downfall
(B) Necessity	(II) is the mother of invention
(C) Corrupt	(III) of the same feather flock together
(D) Birds	(IV) out of water

(A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)

✅ Correct Option: 1

Common proverbs: Fish out of water (A)-(IV); Necessity is the mother of invention (B)-(II); Corrupt practices bring downfall (C)-(I); Birds of the same feather flock together (D)-(III).

2026: 31 May Shift 1

Choose the appropriate idiom from the options to complete the given sentence:

The patriarch was __________ with the househelp in poisioning the halwa.

2026: 26 May Shift 1

Match the Idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II:-

List-I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Off and on	(I) A close relative
(B) Hand in glove	(II) Intermittenly
(C) Flesh and blood	(III) Accept humiliation
(D) To eat humble pie	(IV) In close collusion

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

2022: 16 July Shift 1

The meaning of the underlined part is:

It was he who put a spoke in my wheel.

2025: 2 June Shift 2

Identify the correct meaning of the given idiom from the given options:

'Mind your Ps & Qs'

2022: 4 Aug Shift 1

Match the Idioms given in List I with their meaning in List II

List I (Idiom)	List II (Meaning)
A. Come out with flying colours	I. Become prominent and popular
B. Cry over spilt milk	II. Repent after a loss due to carelessness
C. Fair weather friend	III. Someone who is untrue and only pretends to be a friend
D. In the limelight	IV. Huge Success

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2023: 7 June Shift 2

Match List - I with List - II to complete the sentences in the table.

List - I	List - II
(A) Our Principal	(I) can face the land mafia
(B) Only a dare devil	(II) to be fair and square in business
(C) My father advised me	(III) died in harness
(D) Due to sheer negligence	(IV) you have got yourself into a mess

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match List - I with List - II. List - I WORDList - II Extension(A) Fish(I) practices bring downfall(B) Necessity(II) is the mother of invention(C) Corrupt(III) of the same feather flock together(D) Birds(IV) out of water Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Match List - I with List - II.

List - I WORD List - II Extension
(A) Fish (I) practices bring downfall
(B) Necessity (II) is the mother of invention
(C) Corrupt (III) of the same feather flock together
(D) Birds (IV) out of water

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :