This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which expression can be used for the sentence below:"He is a very important member of the group." A) Be worth one's salt. B) Salt of the earth. C) Be beneath the salt. D) Eat someone's salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be worth one's salt. 2. Comment dit-on "They (m/f) don't have?" A) They have not. B) They do not have. C) They don't have. D) They don't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They do not have. 3. Idiom: ..... for compliments Meaning:Try to manipulate people into praising you. A) Whale. B) Oyster. C) Fish. D) Lobster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish. 4. Eric has ..... He needs to drink a soda. A) Hunger. B) Sed. C) Dream. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sed. 5. What does the idiom 'Skeleton in the closet' means? A) Choosing to do something unpleasant. B) Something one wants to keep a secret. C) To look for something where there is nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something one wants to keep a secret. 6. For the first time A) Therefore. B) For the first time. C) Here. D) Percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For the first time. 7. What is the conjugation of tener for vosotros (Preterite) A) You had. B) You will have. C) Brought. D) Keep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You had. 8. "Best of both worlds ..... " A) All the advantages of two different situations. B) Best of both cultures. C) Best of you and me. D) All the greatness in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the advantages of two different situations. 9. Have/keep one's finger on the pulse A) Controlling someone completely;. B) Using your hands in an awkward or careless way;. C) Always knowing about the most recent changes or developments in a particular situation or activity;. D) Hoping that something will happen the way you want;. E) Someone being different from everyone;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Always knowing about the most recent changes or developments in a particular situation or activity;. 10. Run around in circles A) Putting efforts into something that is not a worthwhile result. B) Being ignored. C) Doing something that has never been done before. D) Making the most of the worst situations or things because you can't do anything about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Putting efforts into something that is not a worthwhile result. 11. Adverbs are phrases that refer to something other than a subject A) Directly. B) In another language. C) Metaphorically. D) Presumably. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Presumably. 12. Which idiom means:"come back to the starting point" ? A) The world is my oyster. B) A wild goose chase. C) Break the ice. D) Come full circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Come full circle. 13. To cost one arm and one leg. A) Cost an arm and a leg. B) Empty bag won't stay upright. C) Cost the eyeballs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost the eyeballs. 14. I know the presentation didn't go as planned, but there's no use crying over spilled milk. A) Expressing regret about something that has already happened and cannot be changed. B) Ignoring mistakes and not acknowledging errors. C) Avoiding the responsibility of cleaning up a spill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressing regret about something that has already happened and cannot be changed. 15. He gave me a feedback loop A) Made me do the same thing repeatedly. B) Gave away food he didn't like. C) Motivated me constantly so I would improve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motivated me constantly so I would improve. 16. What's the meaning of "get the hand of something" ? A) Learn how to do something. B) Need practice or review. C) Interrupt. D) Not nervous, calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learn how to do something. 17. Idiom:hold your ..... Meaning:Wait a minute. A) Horses. B) Goats. C) Tigers. D) Elephants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horses. 18. Barking up the wrong tree A) To look for something where there is nothing. B) To waste time doing something that won't succeed. C) To ride in the seat next to the driver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To look for something where there is nothing. 19. Don't be a back seat driver. A) You are driving a car from the backseat. B) You are talking in the backseat of the car. C) Don't tell me how to drive. D) You are sitting in the backseat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't tell me how to drive. 20. Let's have a blast! A) Have a good trip!. B) Have a good time!. C) We are going to have a great time!. D) Enjoy yourself!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We are going to have a great time!. 21. Why is Alice acting funny towards me? Is she ..... A) Getting off my back?. B) Off the top of my head?. C) Giving me the cold shoulder?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving me the cold shoulder?. 22. Hold your tongue A) To speak. B) To play with someone. C) To joke with someone. D) To not speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To not speak. 23. Which idiom means: "to be in bad condition" ? A) Neither here nor there. B) Have seen better days. C) The world is my oyster. D) Come full circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have seen better days. 24. I don't really like going out to the mall anymore. Not in this pandemic.I only go ..... A) When pigs fly. B) Once in a blue moon. C) When I speak of the devil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Once in a blue moon. 25. Camila you were playing videogames all the weekend. You have to ..... now if you want to pass the exam. A) Throw away the books. B) Ask your classmates for help. C) Hit the books. D) Do all your homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hit the books. 26. Get to the heart of the matter A) To discuss the main issue. B) To change one's mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To discuss the main issue. 27. Which word is not needed? man tall race the finished the wanted easily A) Wanted. B) Easily. C) Beware. D) Be # years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beware. 28. What's the meaning of "hold still" ? A) Cancel. B) Relax. C) By memory. D) Not move. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not move. 29. What's the meaning of to burn the midnight oil? A) To go to bed late and wake up early. B) To study or work late at night. C) To study a lot right before a test. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To study or work late at night. 30. I am sad. Sarah is giving me a cold shoulder. A) Act unfriendly with someone. B) Act generous with someone. C) Act with support toward someone. 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