This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Learn something by heart A) To let others see your emotions. B) To memorize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To memorize. 2. That's a ..... excuse A) Lazy. B) Silly. C) Lame. D) Reasonable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lame. 3. If someone swims across a long river it is ..... A) Opening a Pandora's box. B) Greek to him. C) Herculean task. D) Midas touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herculean task. 4. Get on someone's nerves A) Irritate. B) To reject something. C) Like. D) To expect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irritate. 5. The boys are miserable. I feel ..... for them. A) Good. B) Sympathy. C) Shock. D) Shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sympathy. 6. Her beauty took my ..... away. A) Heart. B) Breath. C) Mind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breath. 7. What is meant by the idiom swallow your pride?I think that you need to swallow your pride and apologize to your teacher for talking in class. A) To swallow hard. B) To deny doing something. C) To forget about being embarrassed. D) To pretend you are sorry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To forget about being embarrassed. 8. Her life had now ..... and she was back where she started, in misery, alone. A) A wild goose chase. B) The world is her oyster. C) Come full circle. D) A forgone conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Come full circle. 9. After spending the night outside, he ..... with a serious flu. A) Came down. B) Went down. C) Came up. D) Came off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came down. 10. My mother saw the mess in my room and she ..... A) Hit the roof. B) Was as pleased as Punch. C) Got mixed up. D) Laughed her head off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hit the roof. 11. We can't solve the problem without knowing all the details. C'mon, spill the beans. A) The soup with beans is the problem. B) Spill the soup of beans to solve the problem. C) Tell the secret to solve the problem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell the secret to solve the problem. 12. "At your fingertips ..... " A) At the tip of your fingers. B) On your nail bed. C) Near your nails. D) Immediately available. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immediately available. 13. What is the meaning of this idiomatic expression?"Cry over spilt milk" A) Find out his intention. B) To cherish useless regrets. C) To deal with one as he deserves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cherish useless regrets. 14. SEE EYE TO EYE means ..... A) TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE. B) FELL ILL. C) AGREE TO EACH OTHER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AGREE TO EACH OTHER. 15. Lycra pants:$ 45 Denim pants:$ 65 True or false Lycra pants are more expensive than denim pants A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Don't ..... such an unimportant problem. A) Make fun of. B) Make a fuss about. C) Make a complaint with. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make fun of. 17. The shoes fit me well A) The shoe fits me well. B) The shoes don't fit me. C) The shoes fit me well. D) The shoes don't fit me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shoes fit me well. 18. Old man Joe is as blind as a bat. A) Mr. Joe has bats in his room. B) Bats can't see. C) Bats love Mr. Joe. D) Mr. Joe can't see very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Joe can't see very well. 19. You did not pass the test because you did not study, take this truth or not. A) Died. B) Lives; works harmoniously. C) Take it or leave it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take it or leave it. 20. I have been trying to figure this out for ages. Thanks so much, you're right. You ..... A) Cut corners. B) Hit the nail on the head. C) Killed two birds with one stone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hit the nail on the head. 21. As I don't know Hindi, upon landing in Mumbai ..... A) The head and feet did not move. B) Head and foot do not understand. C) No head and no legs. D) The head does not understand, the legs do not understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The head does not understand, the legs do not understand. 22. I am 15 years old. A) Present. B) Preterite. C) Future. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 23. This watch is cheaper than that watch A) This watch is cheaper than that watch. B) This watch is less cheap than that watch. C) That watch is cheaper than this watch. D) This watch is cheaper than that watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This watch is cheaper than that watch. 24. Complete:I just ..... A) I lift weights. B) Lift weights. C) Lift weights. D) I lift weights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lift weights. 25. What does 'on command' mean? A) Under the word of disorder. B) At the word of suggestion. C) On the word of command. D) Over the word of request. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the word of command. 26. What does the idiom "shake a leg" mean? A) Dance energetically. B) Hurry up or move quickly. C) Move slowly. D) Stand still. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hurry up or move quickly. 27. What does the idiom 'to be up in arms about' mean? A) To be excited about something. B) To be very much against something. C) To be indifferent to something. D) To be in favor of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be very much against something. 28. They're charging an arm and a leg for those dance tickets. A) There were arms and legs flying at the dance. B) You have to pay one arm and one leg for the tickets. C) The dance tickets were really expensive. D) The dance tickets have arms and legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dance tickets were really expensive. 29. Which phrasal verb means 'to recover'? A) To get on. B) To get over. C) To get down. D) To get up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get over. 30. Worked in a no-coddling zone A) Had no rules. B) Was unfriendly. C) Didn't protect children too much. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't protect children too much. ← 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