To pick holes _________?
A. To find some reason to quarrel
B. To destroy something
C. To criticize someone
D. To cut some part of an item
To leave someone in the lurch _______?
A. To come to compromise with someone
B. Constant source of annoyance to someone
C. To put someone at ease
D. To desert someone in his difficulties
A man of straw _________?
A. A man of no substance
B. A very active person
C. A worthy fellow
D. An unreasonable person
To smell a rat _______?
A. To see signs of plague epidemic
B. To get bad small of a bad dead rat
C. To suspect foul dealings
D. To be in a bad mood
To hit the nail right on the head _______?
A. To say something that is exactly right or completely true
B. To destroy one’s reputation
C. To announce one’s fixed views
D. To teach someone a lesson
To set one’s face against _______?
A. To oppose with determination
B. To judge by appearance
C. To get out of difficulty
D. To look at one steadily
He could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance. tipped off means ________?
A. Toppled over
B. Bribed
C. Given advance information
D. Threatened
I met him after a long time, but he gave me “the cold shoulder”.
A. scolded me
B. insulted me
C. abused me
D. ignored me
He “passed himself off” as a noble man.
A. Was regarded as
B. Pretended to be
C. Was thought to be
D. Was looked upon
In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to “die in harness”.
A. die on a horse back
B. die in the battlefield
C. die while still working
D. die with honour