List of top English Language Comprehension Questions on Idioms asked in CMAT

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined phrase in the following sentence.
A good sportsman cannot afford to have \underline{a fit of the blues before the game.}

"An office without pay" is termed as

Match List-l with List-ll:

List-I		List-II
(A)	Alibi	(I)	This for that
(B)	Ex parte	(II)	Other
(C)	Lex loci	(III)	The law of the place
(D)	Quid pro quo	(IV)	From one side only

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Match List-l with List-ll:

List-I		List-II
(A)	Win hands down	(I)	To run away
(B)	Learn the hard way	(II)	Conquer easily
(C)	To feel blue	(III)	Learn from bad experiences
(D)	Take to one's heel	(IV)	Miserable

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Match List I with List II:

List I	List II
(A) Alma mater	(1) Reasonable value of service
(B) De Jure	(II) One's own old school/college
(C) Ipso facto	(III) By the fact
(D) Quantum meruit	(IV) As a matter of legal right

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Choose the closest meaning of the proverb/idiom : 
To leave someone in the lurch.

A primafacie case is :