Idioms And Phrases Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Idioms And Phrases – Quiz 9
1. Complete the sentence. A person who can carry a tune _____ .
A) Is strong.
B) Sings well.
C) Has a songbook.
D) None of above.
2. Complete the sentence. Your mother's maiden name is _____ .
A) Her family name before she got married .
B) Her nickname.
C) Her maid's name.
D) None of above.
3. Nest egg.
A) "dirty" money.
B) A treasure.
C) Remuneration.
D) Stash.
4. What is the meaning of "hard and fast"?.
A) Certain and rigid.
B) Strict.
C) Dominating.
D) Unrelenting.
5. Despite being the underdog, the team managed to win the championship.
A) The weaker opponent.
B) The stronger opponent.
C) The favorite to win.
D) The team with no chance of winning.
6. The teacher said, "I need you to be all ears." What does "to be all ears" mean?.
A) To listen very carefully.
B) To not listen.
C) When you have more than one earring.
D) None of above.
7. I cannot pay for your lunch today, let's _____ .
A) Went Dutch.
B) Go Dutch.
C) Going Dutch.
D) Goes Dutch.
8. There's no place like _____ it's good to be home.
A) Home sweet home.
B) Kith and kin.
C) In the same boat.
D) Tie a knot.
9. My wife is always telling me how to drive, but she's not the one behind the wheel. She's such a backseat driver !.
A) Someone who sits in the back of a car.
B) Someone who gives unwanted advice.
C) Someone who takes control of the car.
D) Someone who drives recklessly.
10. When a little bird tells you something, it means that _____ .
A) You don't want to tell who told you.
B) You got the information from a friend.
C) You want to tell who told you.
D) You don't know from where you got the information.
11. I'd lie low if I were you till the trouble passes.
A) Try not to be noticed.
B) Try to be noticed.
C) Start something.
D) None of above.
12. If you are feeling sick, you are _____ .
A) Over the weather.
B) On the weather.
C) Under the weathers.
D) Under the weather.
13. Mrs. Kalyani is now taking a break from her son's wedding work.
A) Ran and looked.
B) Stubborn.
C) Squealed.
D) Later built.
14. What does the phrase "let the cat out of the bag" mean?.
A) To take a risk.
B) To catch a cat that has escaped.
C) To reveal a secret or surprise prematurely.
D) To throw away something important.
15. 1) Maruthu beat Mayanti who had destroyed his family.
A) To keep.
B) To solve the fraud.
C) Take revenge.
D) To give up.
16. Pull one's _____ .
A) Weigh.
B) Weight.
17. Don't buy green bananas means don't invest in something that is going to take a long time to produce results.
A) False.
B) True.
18. They decided to _____ and get married in a small ceremony.
A) Tie a knot.
B) Take a rain check.
C) Rain cats and dogs.
D) Throw under the bus.
19. Complete the saying:'The grass is always _____ on the other side of the fence'.
A) Greener.
B) Better.
C) Darker.
D) More yellow.
20. My mother will have a cow if we get a stainon the new sofa. Have a cow means?.
A) To get upset.
B) To get angry.
C) To get annoyed.
D) To get violent.
21. You are talking a hundred miles a minute! What does "talking a hundred miles a minute" mean?.
A) Talking really fast.
B) Being really confused.
C) Talking very slow.
D) None of above.
22. A dog's life.
A) Dog on the hay.
B) Hard life.
C) A drop in the ocean.
D) Thomas is an unbeliever.
23. Complete the sentence. John said he was forty years old when he was really fifty years old. He told a _____ .
A) White lie.
B) Black lie.
C) Red lie.
D) None of above.
24. Their approach to teaching really broke the _____ .
A) Mould.
B) Template.
C) Cast.
D) None of above.
25. Means of the poor.
A) People in poverty.
B) Escaped.
C) Procrastination.
D) Urgent.