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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 act badly

C. To organize oneself effectively

D. To separate

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Correct Answer: Option C

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 drive

C. To understand the general idea

D. To misunderstand

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Correct Answer: Option C

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 watch a movie

B. To paint

C. To understand the situation

D. To take a photo

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Correct Answer: Option C

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 end a performance

C. To travel

D. To close a show

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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 get a pet

B. To steal a goat

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 change color

B. To stop

C. To approve or permit

D. To drive

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Correct Answer: Option C

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 sail

B. To be abandoned or discarded

C. To follow rules

D. To build a board

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Correct Answer: Option B

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 surrender

B. To be poor

C. To risk everything on one attempt

D. To save money

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Correct Answer: Option C

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 start behaving irrationally or erratically

C. To be stable

D. To fix a train

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Correct Answer: Option B

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 deteriorate; become ruined

B. To cook

C. To improve

D. To plant a pot

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Correct Answer: Option A

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 lead

B. To accept things as they happen

C. To resist

D. To swim against the current

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Correct Answer: Option B

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 large payment to an executive leaving a company

C. A cheap payout

D. A gold-colored parachute

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Correct Answer: Option B

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. A sad goodbye

B. An expression of relief at someone's departure

C. A long farewell

D. To welcome someone

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Correct Answer: Option B

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. Dinner is ready

C. One is finished or ruined

D. A success

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Correct Answer: Option C

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. The top level

B. A lawn

C. A garden

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 burial shift

B. A day shift

C. A work shift during the night

D. A morning shift

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Correct Answer: Option C

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 food truck

B. A train carrying gravy

C. A difficult job

D. A situation where money is easily made

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Correct Answer: Option D

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 clean hands

D. To shake 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. A yellow light

B. Permission to proceed

C. A warning

D. A stop signal

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Correct Answer: Option B

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. A painted wall

B. An unclear situation where rules are uncertain

C. A black and white area

D. A definite rule

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Correct Answer: Option B

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

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