Idioms And Phrases - Study Mode
[#426] To lose face
Correct Answer
(B) To be humiliated
Explanation
Solution: To lose face: be humiliated or come to be less highly respected.
[#427] To give chapter and verse for a thing
Correct Answer
(A) To produce the proof of something
Explanation
Solution: To give chapter and verse for a thing: tell them all the details of it, without missing anything out.
[#428] You have to be a cool customer and be patient if you want to get the best buys.
Correct Answer
(A) Be calm and not be excitable
Explanation
Solution: a cool customer: someone who remains calm and is not easily upset.
[#429] There was no opposition to the new policy by the rank and file of the Government.
Correct Answer
(B) the ordinary members
Explanation
Solution: rank and file: the ordinary members of an organization as opposed to its leaders.
[#430] The clerk wiped the nose of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.
Correct Answer
(B) Cheated
Explanation
Solution: wiped the nose: to cheat.