Just to brush up our knowledge of idioms , do the quiz below, good luck . The key will be enclosed later in the future.Now rack you brain and get down to work
IDIOMS
1. If you have the freedom to do what you want and go where you want, the world is your ...
a oyster b ocean c business
2 If you hnve a very angry expression on your face, you have a face like ...
a a storm b fire c thunder
3. If you have a lot of things to do and a lot of responsibiliiies, you have a lot on your ...
a dish b plate c table
4. She's so thin that she ś really nothing more than skin and ...
a flesh b skeleton c bones
5. Your Mum's going to have ... when she sees what you've done to your hair!
a bananas b monkeys c kittens
6. If you stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed, you thraw in the ... a towel b ghost c hand
7. If you make a small problem seem much more serious than it really is, you make a mountain out of ...
a an anthill b a molehill c a hill
8. If you understand what somebody means, even if they do not say it directly, you get the ... a picture b painting c scene
9 If you make a mess of something, you make a pig ... of it.
a nose b ear c face
1o If you wouldn't like to do something at all, you wouldn't do it for all the ... in China.
a rice b tea c people
11 After Jake's announcement, it was so quiet in the room that you could have heard ... drop.
a a feather b a pin c aitches
12. If you look very angrily at somebody without speaking, you look ... at them.
a murder b knives c daggers
13 If something is very easy to see or understand, it's as plain as ...
a lane b day c pie
14. Somebody who is very shy and doesn't like meeting new people is a shrinking ...
a rose b violet c daisy
15. If a piece of clothing fits you perfectly, it fits like a...
a skin b dream c glove
16. Trying to keep two jobs and look after the family too is no ...., believe me.
a picnic b barbecue c feast
17. I've lived here all my life, so I know the city like the back of my ...
a head b hand c eyes
18. If news, information, etc. spreads in spoken, not written, words, it spreads by word of ...
a tongue b mouth c speech
19. If a person is intelligent ond has good ideas, helshe is a smart .. .
a biscuit b cookie c cake
20. If someone is captured at the spot of the crime immediately after having commitiing it. He is caught............................
a) hot-done b) red-handed c leg-running
21. We managed to do it, but we almost failed .If we had failed, we would have been caught.It was
a) a near hold up b) a close shave c) total ambush
22. We had bad luck but eventually we arrived
a) safe and sound b) safe and whole c) entire and healthy
23. My grandfather's nearly seventy, but he is still ... fit.
a fighting b boxing c kicking
24.If you cannot quite remember a name, word, etc., but feel that you will soon, it is on the ...
of your tongue.
a end b tip c edge
25. If you are not as well or cheerful as usual, you are under the ...
a rain b douds c weather
26. We escaped just in the nick of time .When I am thinking about it now, I can admit it was a ........................
a fast escape b close escape c narrow escape
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