Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To smell a rat
Option 1: To suspect something
Option 2: To catch someone during a crime
Option 3: To leave things undisturbed
Option 4: To detect a dead rat
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Correct Answer: To suspect something
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
To smell a rat means to suspect something or to recognise something is not as it appears to be.
Therefore, the correct answer is, to suspect something.
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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Give someone a taste of their own medicine
Option 1: Sell something back to someone
Option 2: Mistreat someone in the same way they have treated others
Option 3: Show someone their faults
Option 4: Make fun of someone
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Pull someone’s legs
Option 1: To tease someone
Option 2: To protect someone
Option 3: To wish someone luck
Option 4: To make someone angry
Spill the beans
Option 1: To drop something
Option 2: To find out something
Option 3: Give away a secret
Option 4: To get a new idea
Hold someone or something at bay.
Option 1: Trap or corner a person or animal being hunted or chased
Option 2: To seek punishment for a person or group
Option 3: Prevent someone or something from moving closer
Option 4: To thrive or to grow very successfully
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Gut Feeling
Option 1: To have a dispute with someone.
Option 2: A personal intuition you get, especially when feel something may not be right.
Option 3: Very excited and/or joyful, especially when in love.
Option 4: Doing things recklessly.
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