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Idioms Of ComparisonSet 8

1What is the meaning of "as against" as used in English?

2A brilliant outburst: a flash of the eye

3An idiom

4What does 'the cream of the crop' mean?

5Desert oases are squeezed between vast arid regions. The phrase squeezed between means:

6The idiom "By leaps and bounds" means:

7Complete the newspaper headline:POLICE SEARCH ..... FOR MISSING SCHOOL CHILDREN (everywhere)

8Something that is unclear, undefined

9"Clear as a bell" means .....

10"all the more"

11A great distance between

12Calm and sensible

13Students are sponges in the classroom.

14As ..... as the grave

15What does the idiom 'a double-edged sword' mean?

16Images in the distance that appear to be real, but are not

17A dramatic change is:

18The idiom

19Meaning: Very easy

20The possibility of John's getting accepted to the university ..... the quality of his application essays.

21Would you beleve they're beat mates? They're like chalk and cheese.

22Part and parcel

23What is the famous phrase that Grandpa Bomba uses to describe the unpredictable nature of savvies?

24What does the phrase, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" mean?

25Taking small steps at a time can lead to accomplishing a large goal matches what saying/phrase?

26One after the other=

27There's always a ..... between quality and speed.

28The overall aim of the book is to help bridge the gap between theory and practice, particularly in language teaching.

29What does "on purpose" mean?

30We're close friends; ..... she's at my house.

31A rule or principle that is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups

32These two things are completely different

33When Post Malone says, "Came with the motley crew", he means that his crew is very .....

34Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Her remarks were .....; they sounded polite but carried a subtle insult.

35Melissa is ..... as Tim. They understand each other without words.

36I didn't like the movie ....., but it got better later.

37You are comparing two AI tools on the same poem. Which evaluation plan best uses strategic thinking to explain differences?

38An app that stops responding is described as:

39The ..... of sunshine and warm weather were the perfect combination for a vacation by the seashore.

40Compared to studying Japanese, studying English is ..... because it is so easy to learn.

41The phrase "far cry" in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by .....

42The prisoner was ..... because he was not given much food.

43What phrase is used to describe a book that is so gripping and suspenseful that readers find it hard to stop reading?

44What we were paid for our work was ..... compared to what the company earned.

45John saw someone like a son of man with eyes like .....