Vocabulary

Idioms

Easy

Choose an idiom that best expresses the underlined phrase in the given sentence:

After losing three games continuously in one set he decided to accept defeat.

Throw in the towel

Throw the towel around

Throw off the towel

Throw out the towel

✅ Correct Option: 1

'Throw in the towel' means to admit defeat or give up, originating from boxing, where a trainer throws a towel into the ring to stop the fight. The other options are distortions of the idiom and carry no accepted meaning.

2025: 26 May Shift 1

Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings in List-II:

List-I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) To get the short end of the stick	(I) To quarrel or disagree strongly
(B) To be at loggerheads with someone	(II) to have no effect on someone's opinion or decision
(C) Can't cut the mustard	(III) To end up in a disadvantage
(D) Cut no ice with somebody	(IV) unable to deal with problems or difficulties

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2025: 2 June Shift 2

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

'Mind your Ps & Qs'

2023: 19 June Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom:

CROSSING THE RUBICON

2026: 20 May Shift 1

Match the idioms/proverbs given in List-I with their meanings in List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) Lost in the clouds	(I) Ruined
(B) Go to the dogs	(II) Confused
(C) A fly in the ointment	(III) Share the cost
(D) To go Dutch	(IV) Something trifling that mars the whole

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2026: 14 May Shift 1

Match the Idioms given in LIST-I with the most appropriate meanings given in LIST-II

LIST-I		LIST-II
A.	Hand in glove	I.	Weak and cowardly
B.	Gordian Knot	II.	A paradoxical situation from which it's difficult to escape
C.	Catch 22	III.	Working together
D.	Lily-livered	IV.	Solve a difficult problem

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2025: 22 May Shift 2

Fill in the blank with the appropriate option: The idiom 'To Take a rain check' means

Choose an idiom that best expresses the underlined phrase in the given sentence: After losing three games continuously in one set he decided to accept defeat.

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Choose an idiom that best expresses the underlined phrase in the given sentence:

After losing three games continuously in one set he decided to accept defeat.