This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You should ..... and give the elderly woman your seat. A) Get back-return. B) Get on-step onto a vehicle. C) Get together-meet usually for social reasons. D) Get up-stand up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get up-stand up. 2. The boss will force you to abide by discipline A) The boss will get you to toe the line. B) The boss will make you toe the line. C) The boss will have you toe the line. D) The boss will make you to toe the line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boss will make you toe the line. 3. What's the meaning of "eyes bigger than one's stomach" ? A) Said of someone who takes more food than he or she can eat. B) Stop being a couple (a boyfriend and girlfriend, for example. C) Not able to tolerate; disgusted with. D) Take on too much responsability; bite off more than one can chew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said of someone who takes more food than he or she can eat. 4. Our family went broke after our food business was closed. A) Kind. B) Penniless. C) Rich. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penniless. 5. Comment dit-on "We have?" A) They have. B) We have. C) We have. D) You have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We have. 6. I am so hungry I could ..... A) Eat a horse. B) Hit the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eat a horse. 7. The prisoners who were trying to escape could smell a rat within their group. A) Experience tension. B) Suspect a traitor. C) Feel negativity. D) Sense differences among themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspect a traitor. 8. What does the idiom 'to go to great lengths' mean? A) To take a short journey. B) To make a lot of effort. C) To avoid making an effort. D) To take a long journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make a lot of effort. 9. "Many older people are set in their ways, and can make them a bit narrow-minded." "be set in your ways" means A) Have attitudes and habits for a long time that you don't want to change. B) Stop annoying sb. C) Talk about sth/sb for a long time, especially in a boring or a complaining way. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have attitudes and habits for a long time that you don't want to change. 10. The doctor ..... the result of his examination. A) Look up and down-to examine critically. B) Keep an eye-observe. C) Keep it dark-to keep a secret. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look up and down-to examine critically. 11. If you have any trouble with your homework, I'll be glad to give you a hand.What does it mean? A) I'll be happy to help you. B) I'll be happy to do the homework for you. C) I'll be happy to hand in your homework. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'll be happy to help you. 12. Find meaning of "after de deduction of charges": A) Expenses deducted. B) Expenses presented. C) Expenses explained. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expenses deducted. 13. Look at that ugly building. It's ..... A) A brain wave. B) Hair-raising. C) Down in the mouth. D) An eyesore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An eyesore. 14. What does the idiom 'to drive at something' mean? A) To drive away from something. B) To be driven by something. C) To aim for something. D) To drive a vehicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To aim for something. 15. My father had a cat nap while mother is cooking dinner. A) A short sleep. B) Wow! I'm surprised!. C) Very hot days. D) Wait and be patient. E) Become quiet suddenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A short sleep. 16. What does the idiom "Beauty is only skin deep" mean? A) If something unfortunate happens, it usually wont happen again. B) Take care of small problems before it becomes a big one. C) A picture can explain things better than words. D) You can't judge a person's character by how he or she looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You can't judge a person's character by how he or she looks. 17. I can't tell you my favorite works of literature just ..... I'll have to think about it first. A) Nothing comes to my mind. B) Off the top of my head. C) Stick in my mind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off the top of my head. 18. Courtney was sad. She had lost her favorite bracelet. Her best friend was going away for the entire summer. She had just found out that she wasgoing to summer school. As a result, Courtney felt down in the dumps. A) Sad. B) Bringing the garbage to the end of the driveway. C) Excited. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sad. 19. Kevin was really ..... after his wife told him that she was leaving. A) See red. B) Best of both worlds. C) Feel under the weather. D) Feel blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feel blue. 20. Bad things eventually lead to good things ..... A) Every cloud has a silver lining. B) Don't cry over spilt milk. C) Raining cats and dogs. D) On cloud nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every cloud has a silver lining. 21. His arrogant behavior with others has left him high and dry. A) Isolated. B) To be penniless. C) To be very famous. D) To be very sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isolated. 22. That's a breeze to do. A) It's a piece of cake. B) It's easy to handle it. C) This is little easy for doing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's a piece of cake. 23. What's the meaning of '' by and large" ? A) Clarify; make understantable. B) Be very expensive. C) Mostly; generally; on the whole. D) Discontinue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mostly; generally; on the whole. 24. "Bad blood ..... " A) Hostility between persons or groups. B) Sick inside. C) Suffering from cancer of the blood. D) Bad attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hostility between persons or groups. 25. "The older generation are always going on about young people. They seem to think we're to blame for everything that goes wrong in the world." "go on about" means: A) Talk about sth/sb for a long time, especially in a boring or a complaining way. B) Stop annoying somebody. C) Not know or understand what is happening in a particular subject or area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talk about sth/sb for a long time, especially in a boring or a complaining way. 26. We are winning 5-0 and there are only five minutes of the match left. We are ..... ! A) Take home. B) Home in. C) Home and dry. D) Bring it home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Home and dry. 27. The bone is hard A) Old man. B) Can't dance. C) Fast. D) Strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strong. 28. The weather is bad. ll fait ..... A) The wind. B) Of the sun. C) Snow. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bad. 29. Choose the right answer.1) I don't trust Jack. I find him ..... A) Two-headed. B) Three-eyed. C) Two-faced. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two-faced. 30. "The older generation are always going on about young people. They seem to think we're to blame for everything that goes wrong in the world." "be to blame for" means A) Feel comfortable and relaxed (with sb). B) Be responsible for sth bad. C) Have attitudes and habits for a long time that you don't want to change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be responsible for sth bad. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesIdiomatic Expressions Quiz 1Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 2Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 4Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 5Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 6Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 7Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 8Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 9Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books