This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sell like hot cakes A) A controversial subject. B) Bought by many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought by many people. 2. To my ..... , it's like this. A) Meaning. B) Mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mind. 3. What's the meaning of "hand on" ? A) Wait. B) Something very simple and easy to do. C) Almost ready to. D) Depend on; count on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wait. 4. (to feel) under the weather A) To feel sick. B) To feel good. C) Someone who likes the rain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To feel sick. 5. The chair at home is very comfortable, right? Yes, it is ..... comfortable in the house. A) The most. B) The most. C) Further. D) Hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most. 6. What's the meaning of "on ones's own" ? A) Write in a blank. B) Independent. C) No longer have. D) Begin; start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 7. They had a fight A) They had a tongue lashing. B) They have a tongue lashing. C) They had a tongue lash. D) They have a chicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had a tongue lashing. 8. Researchers are trying to home in on the cause of the Corona virus.'home in on' means: A) Find and move directly towards. B) Achieve success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Find and move directly towards. 9. That lady should not have become a war correspondent. She is a "square peg in a round hole" . A) A person who is not suitable to her work or surroundings. B) A person who has no interest in her job. C) A person who takes part in every event. D) A person who has been given an opportunity to change her profession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who is not suitable to her work or surroundings. 10. If you pretend to be better than others, then you are: A) On the air. B) Putting on airs. C) Beating the air. D) Floating an air biscuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting on airs. 11. The police found nothing special in the house of the criminal as he had taken all the important documents with him leaving just ..... A) Odds and ends. B) Pros and cons. C) Rags. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odds and ends. 12. Maria graduated with honors as a price of burning the midnight oil while studying. A) Talented. B) Study hard. C) Strong rain. D) Rich family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study hard. 13. Life on a farm is ..... from what I've been used to. A) A fish out of water. B) The dogs of war. C) Cut and dried. D) A far cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A far cry. 14. I walk to school A) I walk to school. B) I go to school standing. C) I go to school standing. D) I walk to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I walk to school. 15. You ..... me breathless. A) See. B) Leave. C) Call. D) Hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leave. 16. What's the meaning of to put oneself through school? A) To be expelled from an institution because of low grades or poor performance. B) To pay one's own tuition. C) To decide to leave school and no longer pursue a degree or diploma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pay one's own tuition. 17. "Young people get up to all sorts of things nowadays. Parents probably give in to them too much, and let them get away with things." "get up to sth" means: A) Rely on sb else to provide you with food, money, etc. B) Stop fighting or arguing with sb and accept you can't win. C) Do sth, especially you shouldn't do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do sth, especially you shouldn't do. 18. (to) Get the ball rolling A) To get started. B) To finish. C) To end up. D) To throw the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To get started. 19. What is the meaning of this idiomatic expression?"Take it or leave it" A) Whether you accept it or not. B) To see life. C) To learn by heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whether you accept it or not. 20. Which word could replace 'much' in this sentence?I am much funnier than Joe. A) Far. B) Few. C) Many. D) Lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Far. 21. Understanding idiomatic expressions:What is the meaning of the expression 'get to'? A) To never arrive at a place. B) To lose the opportunity to do something. C) To have the opportunity to do something or to arrive at a place. D) To forget about doing something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have the opportunity to do something or to arrive at a place. 22. He ran up three flights of stairs and wasn't the slightest bit out of breath even though he's no ..... chicken. A) Spring. B) Young. C) Fresh. D) Baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Young. 23. Can you ..... to my belongings? A) All gone-finished. B) Helping hand-assistance. C) Keep an eye-observe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keep an eye-observe. 24. If Wendy's dad found out she took her cell phone to school, he would hit the ceiling.What is meant by the idiom hit the ceiling in the above sentence? A) Wendy's dad will be very angry. B) Wendy's dad will laugh loudly. C) Wendy's dad will congratulate her. D) Wendy's dad will jump high. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wendy's dad will be very angry. 25. Select the correct conjugation of noi pagare A) We pay. B) We pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We pay. 26. What's the meaning of "get in one's blood" ? A) Substitute for. B) Become a habit; become customary. C) Continue. D) Someone not in his or her normal surroundings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become a habit; become customary. 27. Tell me the latest gossip! A) Fix me a sandwich!. B) Go bananas!. C) Spill the tea!. D) Drop the mic!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spill the tea!. 28. I have a report to submit tomorrow and I have not started it. So I guess I will be ..... tonight. A) Feel blue. B) Burn the midnight oil. C) Early bird. D) Through thick and thin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burn the midnight oil. 29. We are looking at the boat in the open sea and soon we ..... sight of it. A) Got. B) Lost. C) Caught. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost. 30. Why don't you work for us on weekends while you work at your company on weekdays? That way, you can enjoy the ..... A) Be under the weather. B) Best of both worlds. C) Burn the midnight oil. D) In the flesh. 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