This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Idiom:as blind as a ..... Meaning:Unable to see well. A) Bird. B) Owl. C) Bat. D) Eagle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bat. 2. What's the meaning of "go over board" ? A) Do too much, buy too much. B) In no way; not at all. C) Cause to happen. D) Visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do too much, buy too much. 3. What's the meaning of class clown? A) A person who loves to read. B) A disruptive student who often makes jokes instead of paying attention and doing their work. C) We often use this expression to talk about tests or exams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A disruptive student who often makes jokes instead of paying attention and doing their work. 4. What's the meaning of "add up" ? A) Make sense; be logical. B) Something very simple and easy to do. C) Almost ready to. D) Depend on; count on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make sense; be logical. 5. I was watching the football game on TV when the news station ..... to report on the massive fire downtown. A) Broke in. B) Asked about. C) Took off. D) Added up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke in. 6. I'm so embarrassed. I just asked Jane if that older man was her father. It's her boyfriend. This time I ..... A) Saw eye to eye with it. B) Put my foot in it. C) Gave my thumbs up. D) Showed a leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put my foot in it. 7. Using expressions in context:Create a sentence using the expression 'get rid of' A) I need to get rid of all the old clothes in my closet. B) I should get rid of my best friend. C) I want to get rid of my favorite book. D) I need to get rid of my new shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I need to get rid of all the old clothes in my closet. 8. Cost an arm and a leg A) An unpleasant or painful situation or person that you have to accept and deal with, although you find it very difficult. B) To be too expensive. C) Said to a child to tell the child not to speak if no one speaks to them first. D) A rude way of telling someone to stop saying things that are not true or not important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be too expensive. 9. The person (interviewing) that man is the head of the department. A) Interviewing. B) What an interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What an interview. 10. On the same page A) Everything I need is in the same place. B) We agree. C) The reading & the questions are on the same page. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We agree. 11. Every weekend I have projects A) Be ready. B) To agree. C) To be late. D) To be busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be busy. 12. My friend and I are sleepy A) I am sleepy. B) They are sleepy. C) We are sleepy. D) Are you sleepy?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We are sleepy. 13. Happy Father's Day! A) Happy New Year!. B) Happy anniversary!. C) Happy Mother's Day!. D) Happy Father's Day!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happy Father's Day!. 14. What does "time flies when you are having fun" mean? A) Time is slow when you are doing something interesting. B) Time passes quickly when you are doing something interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time passes quickly when you are doing something interesting. 15. Knowing the wife's dishonesty, blood pours into his face. A) He became sick. B) He became sad. C) He was in rage and anger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was in rage and anger. 16. I don't really like going out to bars anymore. 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. 17. There is no harm in using social media, but you must draw the ..... somewhere. A) Mark. B) Line. C) Circle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 18. The blood is dark A) Feminine. B) There is an infection in the body. C) May leukemia. D) Savage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savage. 19. Associate the correct idiomatic expression to this sentence:He was screaming and running everywhere. I couldn't control him, he was ..... ! A) A bleeding heart. B) Catching someone red-handed. C) Mad as a hatter. D) Throwing water on something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mad as a hatter. 20. What's the meaning of "dream up" ? A) Invent:think of:come up with. B) Leave (a vehicle). C) Learn; discover. D) Begin:start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invent:think of:come up with. 21. I was taken ..... by the shocking news on the television. A) Aback. B) Book. C) Back. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aback. 22. Hold your horses! The program will start in a moment. A) Be considerate. B) Be patient. C) Be attentive. D) Be understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be patient. 23. Martin kept his head and didn't panic despite the chaos around him. A) Martin didn't CARE about his situation. B) Martin got DESPERATE. C) Martin REMAINED CALM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin REMAINED CALM. 24. She is 17 years old A) Present. B) Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 25. ..... to bite off more than one can chew A) To try and do something too difficult. B) To dare to do something different. C) To eat too much. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To try and do something too difficult. 26. The basketball game is starting now. Break a leg! A) Good job!. B) Good luck!. C) Good work!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good luck!. 27. "Doing a bad job to save time or money" is the meaning of: A) Cut corners. B) On the same page. C) In the same boat. D) A piece of cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut corners. 28. Our boss will not go to work today. He says that he ..... A) Burn the midnight oil. B) See red. C) Through thick and thin. D) Feel under the weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feel under the weather. 29. Thank you for shopping with us today. The total of your purchases ..... to $ 152.75. A) Break into. B) Broke into. C) Add from. D) Add up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add up. 30. He dragged me, kicking and screaming A) He made me behave very badly. B) He made a lot of noise. C) He made me do something I didn't want to do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He made me do something I didn't want to do. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIdiomatic Expressions Quiz 1Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 2Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 3Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 4Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 5Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 6Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 7Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 8Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books