Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 21
1. Complete the sentence.David looked nice at first, but he _____ his _____ when I asked him for help.
A) Skin colours.
B) Water colours.
C) Colorful colours.
D) True colours.
2. Get up to date.
A) It seems.
B) To be informed.
C) To be slow in doing something.
D) To inform.
3. Feel good about yourself-I feel good about myself.
A) To wash your face in a respectable manner.
B) To be happy.
4. I'm hot / I'm cold.
A) I'm hungry / I'm thirsty.
B) I'm hot / I'm cold.
5. My first piano recital is tomorrow and I already have butterflies in my stomach.What does it mean?.
A) I am feeling very nervous because I have a piano recital tomorrow.
B) I am happy to play the piano for the first time in front of an audience.
C) I have a terrible stomachache because I am feeling restless.
D) None of above.
6. A:How often do you watch your series?B:I watch at least one chapter every Friday _____ .
A) Without fail.
B) Like mad.
C) Out of the blue.
D) None of above.
7. I think I could only go to Japan when pigs fly. I mean, look at my bank account. See? There's nothing in there.
A) Someone who has no money.
B) Something is impossible to happen.
C) Someone is not looking carefully.
D) Something is missing.
8. Using expressions in context:Write a sentence using the expression 'get in touch'.
A) I always get in touch with my pet fish when I come home.
B) I need to get in touch with my old friend from college.
C) I get in touch with my homework every day after school.
D) I need to get in touch with the stars in the sky.
9. To rack your brains.
A) To be obsessed with something.
B) To try very hard to think of orremember something.
C) Very intelligent.
D) A sudden, clever idea.
E) To get information by askingsomeone who knows a lot aboutthe subiect.
10. Associate the correct idiomatic expression to this sentence:We have an exam tomorrow so I am going to the library to _____ .
A) Break a leg.
B) Pull a fast one.
C) Hit the books.
D) Get under your skin.
11. "Hang in there" means _____ .
A) Don't give up .
B) Wish good luck.
C) Calm down.
D) None of above.
12. "John Hancock _____ ".
A) Signature.
B) Brand of shirt.
C) Underwear.
D) Jacket.
13. Take place.
A) To have a place.
B) To go places.
C) To have time.
D) To take place.
14. Complete the sentence:Natalia is at her desk at work. She has a strong migraine. She talks to Mr. Lee, her manager.Natalia:Mr. Lee, May I go home, please? I _____ Mr Lee:Of course. I hope you feel better tomorrow.
A) Kick the bucket.
B) Feel under the weather.
C) Broke a leg.
D) Miss the bus.
15. Which is a metaphor?.
A) Your crying is rain.
B) You are fire.
C) Your crying is like rain.
D) None of above.
16. To be sleepy.
A) Be cold.
B) To be thirsty.
C) To be tired.
D) To be wrong.
17. Environmentalists musn't lose heart even when it seems like some people are ignoring them.
A) They musn't BECOME DISAPPOINTED about something.
B) They musn't be ANGRY at people.
C) They musn't LOSE their organs.
D) None of above.
18. He had made an easy way out to the mountains.
A) Having no struggle to get out of the situation.
B) To avoid something with effort.
C) Enjoying then journey of life.
D) None of above.
19. The chairman pulled a long face when the house did not accept the suggestions put forth by him.
A) To look disappointed.
B) To get annoyed.
C) To make a quarrel.
D) To be agitated.
20. Be drowsy.
A) Expression to refer to the feeling of looking very tired.
B) Expression that refers to a short dream in the middle of an activity; restful sleep.
C) Expression to express that one worked or studied until late at night.
D) None.
21. "Break the ice" is _____ .
A) To do something that makes you feel more relaxed.
B) To do something that makes you feel anxious.
C) To do something that makes you weepy.
D) None of above.
22. That is what relationships are about. You stick with someone _____ .
A) Through thick and thin.
B) Best of both worlds.
C) Early bird.
D) A change of heart.
23. They _____ sport every day.
A) Font.
B) Faison.
C) Do.
D) Do.
24. 1)Of course I'm not going to buy a sports car. I was just pulling your _____ !.
A) Leg.
B) Arm.
C) Hand.
D) None of above.
25. In June and July, it is _____ in France.
A) Costs.
B) Of the sun.
C) Snow.
D) Cold.