Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 12
1. Messing up.
A) Doing something incorrectly.
B) Making something dirty.
C) Making something untidy.
D) None of above.
2. What a bummer!.
A) What a shame!.
B) What a pity!.
C) What a nuisance!.
D) What a surprise!.
3. You are _____ the best player on the team.
A) Hands down.
B) Clap Hands.
C) An arm and the leg.
D) A piece of cake.
4. A long time ago.
A) The following day.
B) A long time ago.
C) Tomorrow/morning.
D) Next week.
5. Where does an idiom become inappropriate to use?.
A) Books.
B) Movie.
C) Academic writing.
D) Dictionary.
6. What preposition do we normally use after succeed and before a gerund?.
A) At.
B) For.
C) In.
D) On.
7. Less difficult than.
A) Better difficult than.
B) More difficult than.
C) Worse difficult than.
D) Less difficult than.
8. Unearthed.
A) To find something that was lost or forgotten.
B) To methodically reveal information.
C) Not based on any good reason.
D) To be revealed.
9. Associate the correct idiomatic expression to this sentence:They almost caught us, but now we're _____ .
A) Out of the woods.
B) Funny.
C) Under weather.
D) Eating out of your hand.
E) Mad as a hatter.
10. What's the meaning of " in a nut shell"?.
A) Not have.
B) Constantly; for a long time.
C) Fail to happen.
D) In sumarry; in brief.
11. My father earned very little and there were four kids, so we _____ .
A) Lived from hand to mouth.
B) Nest egg.
C) Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth.
D) Penny wise, pound foolish.
12. It means to begin to live a stable life in one place.
A) Get off to a good start.
B) Keep up with someone.
C) Settle down.
D) Drive someone away.
13. You owe me.
A) You will do something for me in the future.
B) You have to give me money.
C) I am amazed by you.
D) None of above.
14. Sell like hot cakes.
A) Bought by many people.
B) A controversial subject.
15. To my _____ , it's like this.
A) Meaning.
B) Mind.
16. Jump ship.
A) To quit something .
B) To go sailing.
C) To get wet.
D) None of above.
17. What's the meaning of "hand on"?.
A) Wait.
B) Something very simple and easy to do.
C) Almost ready to.
D) Depend on; count on.
18. (to feel) under the weather.
A) To feel sick.
B) To feel good.
C) Someone who likes the rain.
D) None of above.
19. The chair at home is very comfortable, right? Yes, it is _____ comfortable in the house.
A) Further.
B) Hills.
C) The most.
20. What came out of Pandora's box?.
A) Disease.
B) Hope.
21. What's the meaning of "on ones's own"?.
A) Begin; start.
B) Independent.
C) No longer have.
D) Write in a blank.
22. They had a fight.
A) They had a tongue lash.
B) They had a tongue lashing.
C) They have a tongue lashing.
D) They have a chicken.
23. To rain _____ .
A) Cats and dogs.
B) Cats and kittens.
C) Dogs and puppies.
D) Bears and cubs.
24. Between-the glass-the plates-is.
A) The glass is between the plates.
B) The glass is the plates between.
C) Between the glass is plates.
D) The plates is between the glass.
25. Give up.
A) Feel like.
B) To expect.
C) To reject something.
D) Give up.