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.