Idioms boost up
Just to brush up our knowledge of idioms , do the quiz below, good luck .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 have a lot of things to do and a lot of responsibilities , you have a lot on your ...
a dish b plate c table
3. If you stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed, you throw in the ... a towel b ghost c hand
4. 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
5. If you understand what somebody means, even if they do not say it directly, you get the ...
a picture b painting c scene
6. 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
7. Somebody who is very shy and doesn't like meeting new people is a shrinking ...
a rose b violet c daisy
8. If a piece of clothing fits you perfectly, it fits like a...
a skin b dream c glove
9. Trying to keep two jobs and look after the family too is no ...., believe me.
a picnic b barbecue c feast
10. I've lived here all my life, so I know the city like the back of my ...
a head b hand c eyes
11. If a person is intelligent ond has good ideas, helshe is a smart .. .
a biscuit b cookie c cake
12 If someone is captured at the spot of the crime immediately after having committing it. He is caught............................
a) hot-done b) red-handed c leg-running
13. 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
14. We had bad luck but eventually we arrived
a) safe and sound b) safe and whole c) entire and healthy
15. My grandfather's nearly seventy, but he is still ... fit.
a fighting b boxing c kicking
16. 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
17. If you are not as well or cheerful as usual, you are under the ...
a rain b douds c weather
18. 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- I am racking my brain- próbuję sobie przypomnieć
- Pass with flying colours- zdać śpiewająco
- It never rains but it pours- nieszczęścia chodzą parami
- Curiosity killed the cat. - ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła
- Don't count your chickens before they are hatched- nie licz dnia przed zachodem słonca
- I am all ears- zamieniam się w słuch
- she is pain in the neck - ona jest jak wrzód..........................
- it is not my cup of tea- to nie dla mnie
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