Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 5
1. Kevin was really _____ after his wife told him that she was leaving.
A) Feel blue.
B) See red.
C) Best of both worlds.
D) Feel under the weather.
2. Forked tongue.
A) Hard to speak.
B) Good story teller.
C) Mumble.
D) Liar.
3. Bad things eventually lead to good things _____ .
A) Every cloud has a silver lining.
B) Don't cry over spilt milk.
C) Raining cats and dogs.
D) On cloud nine.
4. His arrogant behavior with others has left him high and dry.
A) To be very famous.
B) To be very sick.
C) Isolated.
D) To be penniless.
5. Better than.
A) More better than.
B) More good than.
C) Better than.
D) Rather than.
6. That's a breeze to do.
A) It's a piece of cake.
B) It's easy to handle it.
C) This is little easy for doing.
D) None of above.
7. Rely on.
A) To interfere.
B) To take place.
C) To lean/rely on.
D) To use.
8. What's the meaning of " by and large"?.
A) Mostly; generally; on the whole.
B) Clarify; make understantable.
C) Be very expensive.
D) Discontinue.
9. "Bad blood _____ ".
A) Suffering from cancer of the blood.
B) Sick inside.
C) Hostility between persons or groups.
D) Bad attitude.
10. "The older generation are always going on about young people. They seem to think we're to blame for everything that goes wrong in the world." "go on about" means:.
A) Talk about sth/sb for a long time, especially in a boring or a complaining way.
B) Stop annoying somebody.
C) Not know or understand what is happening in a particular subject or area.
D) None of above.
11. Fed up with.
A) Give up.
B) To expect.
C) To be tired.
D) To reject something.
12. Cold head.
A) Does not care.
B) Own disposition is good.
C) No emotion.
D) Dizzy.
13. Once in a blue moon.
A) Not often .
B) To be caught in the act of doing something wrong.
C) Something that one values.
D) None of above.
14. We are winning 5-0 and there are only five minutes of the match left. We are _____ !.
A) Home and dry.
B) Take home.
C) Home in.
D) Bring it home.
15. The bone is hard.
A) Old man.
B) Fast.
C) Strong.
D) Can't dance.
16. The weather is bad. ll fait _____ .
A) Bad.
B) Of the sun.
C) Snow.
D) The wind.
17. Choose the right answer.1) I don't trust Jack. I find him _____ .
A) Two-faced .
B) Two-headed.
C) Three-eyed.
D) None of above.
18. "The older generation are always going on about young people. They seem to think we're to blame for everything that goes wrong in the world." "be to blame for" means.
A) Be responsible for sth bad.
B) Feel comfortable and relaxed (with sb).
C) Have attitudes and habits for a long time that you don't want to change.
D) None of above.
19. To be interested in.
A) Begin.
B) Be located.
C) To rest.
D) Being interested in.
20. I'm _____ you there.
A) With.
B) In.
C) Off.
D) For.
21. Which idiom means:"relax the atmosphere, especially between strangers"?.
A) Break the ice.
B) The world is my oyster.
C) Come full circle.
D) A foregone conclusion.
22. School is hard for Ayesha; it is difficult for her to keep _____ her lessons.
A) In touch.
B) Up about.
C) On with.
D) Up with.
23. Associate the correct phrasal verb to this sentence:I don't want to see you in here anymore, _____ !.
A) Put out.
B) Keep out.
C) Ill at ease.
D) Get carried away.
24. I _____ Carry _____ when she decided to quit her job and go back to school.
A) Backed up.
B) Backed into.
C) Asked about.
D) Put on.
25. Until now, we still have not known the person who had a sticky finger back in high school. Remember when we had the whole day of no classes because my cellphone was missing?.
A) Someone who loves solving mysteries.
B) Someone who is not good in remembering past events.
C) Someone who misplaced his/ her phone.
D) Someone who is a thief.