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GRE Idioms — practice questions — page 3

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Many hands make light work suggests that what is true?Read the answer and worked solution →Nothing ventured, nothing gained teaches what?Read the answer and worked solution →Charity begins at home means that one should first do what?Read the answer and worked solution →A friend in need is a friend indeed says that a true friend does what?Read the answer and worked solution →Blood is thicker than water implies that what is strongest?Read the answer and worked solution →Better safe than sorry advises what?Read the answer and worked solution →The pen is mightier than the sword claims that what is true?Read the answer and worked solution →Rome wasn't built in a day teaches that what is true?Read the answer and worked solution →Little strokes fell great oaks suggests that what is true?Read the answer and worked solution →Fortune favours the bold means what?Read the answer and worked solution →God helps those who help themselves means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Curiosity killed the cat warns against what?Read the answer and worked solution →Absence makes the heart grow fonder suggests what?Read the answer and worked solution →Two wrongs do not make a right teaches that what is true?Read the answer and worked solution →United we stand, divided we fall stresses what?Read the answer and worked solution →Spare the rod and spoil the child suggests what?Read the answer and worked solution →All is well that ends well means what?Read the answer and worked solution →A fool and his money are soon parted suggests that what is true?Read the answer and worked solution →Beauty is only skin deep means appearance tells us little about what?Read the answer and worked solution →Variety is the spice of life means that change does what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Many hands make light work suggests that what is true?

  1. Gloves protect workers
  2. Hands tire quickly
  3. Light is needed for work
  4. Shared effort eases a job
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Correct answer: D. Shared effort eases a job

When many people help, a hard task becomes easier.

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained teaches what?

  1. Travel brings wealth
  2. Savings should grow
  3. No risk, no reward
  4. Gains are always lost
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Correct answer: C. No risk, no reward

Without taking a chance, one cannot hope to gain anything.

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Charity begins at home means that one should first do what?

  1. Give only to strangers
  2. Build a new house
  3. Care for one's family
  4. Refuse to donate
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Correct answer: C. Care for one's family

Kindness and help should first be shown to those closest to us.

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