This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It might be possible to ..... use.of their mistake to help us get what we want. A) Make. B) Take. C) Get. D) Hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 2. Her place is neat and clean, everything is in apple-pie order. A) Organized; in good order. B) Apples are arranged in order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organized; in good order. 3. The athlete is fit as a fiddle. A) The athlete is overweight. B) The athlete is out of shape. C) The athlete is very fit and strong. D) The athlete is slow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The athlete is very fit and strong. 4. After Jerome found out that his classmates hid his phone. He got very mad that he shouted in the room. He really needs to pull himself together. A) Jerome needs to have a revenge. B) Jerome needs to make himself angrier. C) Jerome needs to calm himself. D) Jerome needs to reprimand his classmates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jerome needs to calm himself. 5. FIND OUT THE CORRECT EXPRESSION TO THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE OR MEANING.1. '' to persuade other people to allow her to do what he/she wants A) Get his/her own way. B) Get in his/her own way. C) Get out his/her own way. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get his/her own way. 6. Translate:I am fifteen years old A) I'm 5 years old. B) I'm 50 years old. C) I'm 15 years old. D) I'm 14 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm 15 years old. 7. It can be a word, a phrase or a mere expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning A) Idiomatic expression. B) It is a word. C) It is a language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiomatic expression. 8. I'm sure Jean wasn't really upset; those were just crocodile tears. A) Jean was PRETENDING TO BE sad. B) Jean was TERRIBLY sad. C) Jean LOOKS like a crocodile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jean was PRETENDING TO BE sad. 9. "Why don't we pitch in to get dad a gift on father's day?" A) Lie. B) Contribute. C) Excuse oneself. D) Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contribute. 10. To make a mistake A) Argue. B) Apologize. C) Be mistaken. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be mistaken. 11. This is a shortened name for "trigonometry." A) Tri. B) Trig. C) Trine. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trig. 12. Can you have two conjugated verbs next to each other in Spanish? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 13. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with. Barrel of laughs means ..... A) Someone who's very old. B) Someone who's very funny. C) To have someone unhappy with you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who's very funny. 14. The hand is naughty A) Thief. B) Hard working. C) Pass quickly. D) Likes to steal other people's things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thief. 15. Associate the correct idiomatic expression to this sentence:We have to do things correctly, we have to do them ..... A) By the book. B) In a nutshell. C) On the fence. D) Off the hook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the book. 16. No thank you. Reject something A) Bring up. B) Bank on. C) Turn down. D) Flat out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turn down. 17. The tip of the iceberg is ..... A) Something that is unchangeable. B) Something is uncertain or not decided yet. C) A small perceptible part of a bigger problem. D) Not feeling well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A small perceptible part of a bigger problem. 18. Unbreakable dishes A) Rough. B) Horny. C) Modest. D) Mischievous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modest. 19. It is always bad manners to ..... over your opponent. A) Thump. B) Hoot. C) Crow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crow. 20. I knew something fishy was going on when I saw all of my friends' cars in my mom's driveway. A) Suspicious. B) Good. C) Wrong. D) Smelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspicious. 21. We go for a drive. A) We tour the cars. B) We take a drive. C) You take a car ride. D) We take a car ride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We take a drive. 22. ..... offered us a room in his house. A) Give and take. B) A good turn. C) A good Samaritan. D) A fair deal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A good Samaritan. 23. What's the meaning of '' a far cry from" ? A) Make sense; be logical. B) Stop functioning. C) Inform; give bad news. D) Not similar to; not as good as. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not similar to; not as good as. 24. I needed help with my homework, so I asked my friend to lend me a hand. A) When someone smile at someone. B) Give a hand to your friend. C) When you do not help someone. D) When you help someone or someone helps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When you help someone or someone helps. 25. Son of a fish, little fish it is. A) Fish's son, fish is. B) No doubt about being the father's son. C) The apple never falls far from the three. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The apple never falls far from the three. 26. What do you mean by this phrase? If you take time out to do something A) You what to know their opinion. B) You have the right qualities for success. C) You what to know their opinion. D) You take a break from work, etc., to enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You take a break from work, etc., to enjoy. 27. (Don't)cry over spilled milk A) Use your brain. B) Get upset over something that has happened and cannot be changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get upset over something that has happened and cannot be changed. 28. Which expression matches with the following definition:'having achieved victory, or certain to achieve it' A) Not anything to write home about. B) Take home. C) To be home and dry. D) Home truths. E) Home from home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be home and dry. 29. Do all idioms have the same meaning? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 30. His wife was beaten black and blue. A) Badly bruised. B) Painted her body with black and blue colors. C) Wore black and blue accessories. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Badly bruised. ← 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