Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 13
1. Researchers are trying to home in on the cause of the Corona virus.'home in on' means:.
A) Find and move directly towards.
B) Achieve success.
2. That lady should not have become a war correspondent. She is a "square peg in a round hole".
A) A person who has no interest in her job.
B) A person who is not suitable to her work or surroundings.
C) A person who takes part in every event.
D) A person who has been given an opportunity to change her profession.
3. If you pretend to be better than others, then you are:.
A) Putting on airs.
B) On the air.
C) Floating an air biscuit.
D) Beating the air.
4. The police found nothing special in the house of the criminal as he had taken all the important documents with him leaving just _____ .
A) Odds and ends.
B) Pros and cons.
C) Rags.
D) Music.
5. Maria graduated with honors as a price of burning the midnight oil while studying.
A) Study hard.
B) Rich family.
C) Strong rain.
D) Talented.
6. Life on a farm is _____ from what I've been used to.
A) A far cry.
B) A fish out of water.
C) The dogs of war.
D) Cut and dried.
7. I walk to school.
A) I walk to school.
B) I go to school standing.
C) I go to school standing.
8. You _____ me breathless.
A) Leave.
B) See.
C) Call.
D) Hold.
9. What's the meaning of to put oneself through school?.
A) To pay one's own tuition.
B) To be expelled from an institution because of low grades or poor performance.
C) To decide to leave school and no longer pursue a degree or diploma.
D) None of above.
10. "Young people get up to all sorts of things nowadays. Parents probably give in to them too much, and let them get away with things." "get up to sth" means:.
A) Do sth, especially you shouldn't do .
B) Rely on sb else to provide you with food, money, etc.
C) Stop fighting or arguing with sb and accept you can't win.
D) None of above.
11. Sit.
A) To sit down.
B) To become angry.
C) To be mistaken.
D) To get along well with.
12. Exactly on time.
A) On the dot.
B) On the time.
C) On exact place.
D) None of above.
13. (to) Get the ball rolling.
A) To get started.
B) To finish.
C) To end up.
D) To throw the ball.
14. "Once in a blue moon".
A) Something incredible that was achieved with a lot of effort.
B) Something that happens frequently.
C) Something very sad.
D) Something that rarely happens.
15. What is the meaning of this idiomatic expression?"Take it or leave it".
A) Whether you accept it or not.
B) To see life.
C) To learn by heart.
D) None of above.
16. Which word could replace 'much' in this sentence?I am much funnier than Joe.
A) Few.
B) Far.
C) Lot.
D) Many.
17. Understanding idiomatic expressions:What is the meaning of the expression 'get to'?.
A) To lose the opportunity to do something.
B) To never arrive at a place.
C) To forget about doing something.
D) To have the opportunity to do something or to arrive at a place.
18. To become angry.
A) To get angry.
B) Get angry.
C) Be mistaken.
D) To be bored.
19. He ran up three flights of stairs and wasn't the slightest bit out of breath even though he's no _____ chicken.
A) Young.
B) Baby.
C) Spring.
D) Fresh.
20. Can you _____ to my belongings?.
A) Keep an eye-observe .
B) All gone-finished.
C) Helping hand-assistance.
D) None of above.
21. If Wendy's dad found out she took her cell phone to school, he would hit the ceiling.What is meant by the idiom hit the ceiling in the above sentence?.
A) Wendy's dad will jump high.
B) Wendy's dad will be very angry.
C) Wendy's dad will laugh loudly.
D) Wendy's dad will congratulate her.
22. Select the correct conjugation of noi pagare.
A) We pay.
23. What's the meaning of "get in one's blood"?.
A) Continue.
B) Someone not in his or her normal surroundings.
C) Substitute for.
D) Become a habit; become customary.
24. Tell me the latest gossip!.
A) Spill the tea!.
B) Fix me a sandwich!.
C) Go bananas!.
D) Drop the mic!.
25. I have a report to submit tomorrow and I have not started it. So I guess I will be _____ tonight.
A) Burn the midnight oil.
B) Feel blue.
C) Early bird.
D) Through thick and thin.