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Question #861

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Get one's act together'.

A. To perform on stage

B. To organize oneself effectively

C. To separate

D. To act badly

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
It means to become more organized and efficient.

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Question #862

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Get the drift'.

A. To get a snowdrift

B. To understand the general idea

C. To misunderstand

D. To drive

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
It means to grasp the essential meaning.

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Question #863

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Get the picture'.

A. To paint

B. To take a photo

C. To watch a movie

D. To understand the situation

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means to fully comprehend what is happening.

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Question #864

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Get the show on the road'.

A. To start an activity or journey

B. To close a show

C. To travel

D. To end a performance

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
It means to begin things.

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Question #865

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Get your goat'.

A. To steal a goat

B. To get a pet

C. To be friendly

D. To annoy or irritate someone

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means to make someone upset.

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Question #866

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Give the green light'.

A. To drive

B. To approve or permit

C. To change color

D. To stop

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
It means to give permission to proceed.

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Question #867

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Go by the board'.

A. To build a board

B. To follow rules

C. To sail

D. To be abandoned or discarded

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means to be thrown away or forgotten.

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Question #868

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Go for broke'.

A. To risk everything on one attempt

B. To surrender

C. To be poor

D. To save money

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
It means to give one's all to achieve something.

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Question #869

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Go off the rails'.

A. A train derailing

B. To be stable

C. To fix a train

D. To start behaving irrationally or erratically

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means to lose control of one's behaviour.

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Question #870

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Go to pot'.

A. To plant a pot

B. To deteriorate; become ruined

C. To cook

D. To improve

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
It means to fall into disrepair or decline.

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Question #871

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Go with the flow'.

A. To resist

B. To swim against the current

C. To lead

D. To accept things as they happen

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means to conform and not resist change.

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Question #872

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Golden parachute'.

A. A safety parachute

B. A gold-colored parachute

C. A cheap payout

D. A large payment to an executive leaving a company

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means a generous severance package for top management.

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Question #873

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Good riddance'.

A. An expression of relief at someone's departure

B. A sad goodbye

C. To welcome someone

D. A long farewell

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
It means being glad that someone or something is gone.

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Question #874

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Goose is cooked'.

A. A cooked goose

B. A success

C. Dinner is ready

D. One is finished or ruined

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means one's prospects are destroyed.

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Question #875

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Grass roots'.

A. A lawn

B. A garden

C. The top level

D. The basic, local level of an organization

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
It means the ordinary people in a movement.

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Question #876

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Graveyard shift'.

A. A morning shift

B. A work shift during the night

C. A day shift

D. A burial shift

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
It means working late at night.

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Question #877

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Gravy train'.

A. A difficult job

B. A train carrying gravy

C. A situation where money is easily made

D. A food truck

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
It means an effortless profit-making activity.

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Question #878

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Grease the palm'.

A. To bribe someone

B. To apply lotion

C. To shake hands

D. To clean hands

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
It means to give money secretly for a favour.

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Question #879

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Green light'.

A. Permission to proceed

B. A yellow light

C. A stop signal

D. A warning

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
It means approval to start.

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Question #880

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom: 'Grey area'.

A. An unclear situation where rules are uncertain

B. A painted wall

C. A definite rule

D. A black and white area

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
It means a situation that is not clearly defined.

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