Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 41
1. We have to get the money this month.
A) We have to make ends meet this month .
B) We had to make ends meet this year.
C) We have to make end meat this month.
D) None of above.
2. They had a dispute yesterday. That's why she gave him a _____ .
A) Face the music.
B) Pie in the sky.
C) Rags to riches.
D) Cold shoulder.
3. "Get your act together _____ ".
A) Work better or leave.
B) Rehearse well.
C) Follow the script.
D) Lead actor.
4. Rub salt in the wound.
A) To express support for a person or idea.
B) To make a difficult situation even worse for someone.
C) Being talkative.
D) To have a good sense of humor.
5. After winning that last game, I think we're home and dry.'home and dry' means:.
A) Achieved success.
B) Not special at all.
6. The teacher gave the pupils a fair and square rating for their not-so-good performance.
A) Honest.
B) Revealed a secret.
C) Enthusiastic person.
D) Unexpectedly.
E) Penniless.
7. Adrian was going to accept a job offer in China, but after thinking about how much he would miss his wife in the Philippines, he had _____ .
A) A change of heart.
B) Night owl.
C) See red.
D) Best of both worlds.
8. Keep quiet.
A) Already married.
B) Leave the province.
C) Did something far away from the city.
D) Hid in the mountain.
9. Amy's aunt spent months knitting a scarf for Amy. When Amy received the present and looked at it, she really didn't like the colors. She couldn't let her aunt know she was disappointed after all her hard work, so she told a little white lie instead. What does a "little white lie" mean in the sentence?.
A) The lie was painted white.
B) Truth.
C) Lie that is told to avoid hurting someone's feelings.
D) Huge made up story.
10. When you do something without a plan or the plan suddenly changes.
A) Hit the jackpot.
B) Bring up.
C) Bank on.
D) Wing it.
11. Great!.
A) Wonderful!.
B) Cheers!.
C) Goodness gracious!.
D) Oh, my God!.
12. I thought the shirt was going to be cheap, but instead it cost me an arm and a leg!.
A) When something is expensive.
B) When you find something on sale.
C) When something is not good.
D) Paying for something with your arm and leg.
13. I can't afford this Channel purse! It _____ ! I won't be able to buy anything to eat!.
A) Costs an arm and a leg.
B) Is the best of both worlds.
C) Is a piece of cake.
D) None of above.
14. To be wrong.
A) To be angry/mad at.
B) To be wrong.
C) To have done something.
D) To take place.
15. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?".
A) The cat stole someone's tongue.
B) The person got the cat's tongue.
C) The cat bites the person's tongue.
D) The person can't talk or speak.
16. Football got me through.
A) Helped me to survive.
B) Helped me understand.
C) Taught me how to move.
D) None of above.
17. Choose the correct sentence:.
A) London Britains is biggest city.
B) London is biggest city Britains.
C) Britains biggest London city is.
D) London is Britain's biggest city.
18. I'd been coughing and sneezing all week and _____ .
A) Had been thrown in at the deep end.
B) Feeling very under the weather.
C) Had been taken aback.
D) Rushing off my feet.
19. I'm so thirsty. I need to _____ a drink of water.
A) Do.
B) Make.
C) Have.
D) Take.
20. Find the meaning of this expression "by parcel post".
A) By mail order.
B) By order.
C) By courier parcel.
D) None of above.
21. It really _____ me _____ when a friend checks his email when we're out together.
A) Focus on.
B) Wind up.
C) Recharge.
D) Chill out.
E) Switch off.
22. _____ get out of hand.
A) Unable to control the situation.
B) Doing something without planning.
C) To escape.
D) None of above.
23. When a company obtains profits the company is in _____ .
A) Bank on.
B) The red.
C) The black.
D) Off the cuff.
24. His wife accepted the dose of her own medicine.
A) Karma .
B) Painful experiences.
C) Sickness and troubles.
D) None of above.
25. This is a shortened name for "economics.".
A) Eco.
B) Ec.
C) Econ.
D) Econom.