Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 4
1. To be called.
A) Call yourself.
B) Stop.
C) Relax.
D) Get angry.
E) I will understand.
2. You should _____ and give the elderly woman your seat.
A) Get up-stand up.
B) Get back-return.
C) Get on-step onto a vehicle.
D) Get together-meet usually for social reasons.
3. The boss will force you to abide by discipline.
A) The boss will get you to toe the line.
B) The boss will make you to toe the line.
C) The boss will make you toe the line.
D) The boss will have you toe the line.
4. What's the meaning of "eyes bigger than one's stomach"?.
A) Said of someone who takes more food than he or she can eat.
B) Stop being a couple (a boyfriend and girlfriend, for example.
C) Not able to tolerate; disgusted with.
D) Take on too much responsability; bite off more than one can chew.
5. BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL.
A) Express, Work or study late.
B) Expression used to request greater attention to something or opinion/speech.
C) Expression to refer to the feeling of looking very tired.
D) Express the action of sleeping (informally).
E) None.
6. Our family went broke after our food business was closed.
A) Rich.
B) Kind.
C) Penniless.
D) Happy.
7. Comment dit-on "We have?".
A) They have.
B) We have.
C) You have.
8. A week ago.
A) Some years ago.
B) Three months ago.
C) A little while ago.
D) A week ago.
9. I am so hungry I could _____ .
A) Eat a horse.
B) Hit the road.
10. The prisoners who were trying to escape could smell a rat within their group.
A) Sense differences among themselves.
B) Feel negativity.
C) Suspect a traitor.
D) Experience tension.
11. What does the idiom 'to go to great lengths' mean?.
A) To avoid making an effort.
B) To make a lot of effort.
C) To take a short journey.
D) To take a long journey.
12. "Many older people are set in their ways, and can make them a bit narrow-minded." "be set in your ways" means.
A) Have attitudes and habits for a long time that you don't want to change.
B) Stop annoying sb.
C) Talk about sth/sb for a long time, especially in a boring or a complaining way.
D) None of above.
13. Set fire of.
A) Burn.
B) Mercy.
C) End.
D) None of above.
14. The doctor _____ the result of his examination.
A) Look up and down-to examine critically.
B) Keep an eye-observe.
C) Keep it dark-to keep a secret.
D) None of above.
15. There are no punctuation mistakes in the sentence below:True OR FalseGaurav, and Maria went to the restaurant and ate pizza:fries, and chocolate cake, and fried green beans.
A) Tough and strong.
B) Weak.
C) Stale cookie.
D) Nice.
16. If you have any trouble with your homework, I'll be glad to give you a hand.What does it mean?.
A) I'll be happy to help you.
B) I'll be happy to do the homework for you.
C) I'll be happy to hand in your homework.
D) None of above.
17. Find meaning of "after de deduction of charges":.
A) Expenses deducted.
B) Expenses presented.
C) Expenses explained.
D) None of above.
18. Verbs that end in-care and-gare are special and require the addition of an h in the _____ and _____ conjugation.
A) Io.
B) Him/her.
C) Tu.
D) Butter.
19. The head grew.
A) The disposition is ugly.
B) Brag.
C) May hydrocephalus.
D) Dare.
20. Look at that ugly building. It's _____ .
A) An eyesore.
B) Down in the mouth.
C) A brain wave.
D) Hair-raising.
21. What does the idiom 'to drive at something' mean?.
A) To aim for something.
B) To drive away from something.
C) To be driven by something.
D) To drive a vehicle.
22. My father had a cat nap while mother is cooking dinner.
A) A short sleep.
B) Wow! I'm surprised!.
C) Very hot days.
D) Wait and be patient.
E) Become quiet suddenly.
23. What does the idiom "Beauty is only skin deep" mean?.
A) You can't judge a person's character by how he or she looks.
B) If something unfortunate happens, it usually wont happen again.
C) Take care of small problems before it becomes a big one.
D) A picture can explain things better than words.
24. I can't tell you my favorite works of literature just _____ I'll have to think about it first.
A) Off the top of my head.
B) Nothing comes to my mind.
C) Stick in my mind.
D) None of above.
25. Courtney was sad. She had lost her favorite bracelet. Her best friend was going away for the entire summer. She had just found out that she wasgoing to summer school. As a result, Courtney felt down in the dumps.
A) Sad.
B) Bringing the garbage to the end of the driveway.
C) Excited.
D) None of above.