This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was watching the football game on TV when the news station ..... to report on the massive fire downtown. A) Asked about. B) Broke in. C) Took off. D) Added up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke in. 2. I'm so embarrassed. I just asked Jane if that older man was her father. It's her boyfriend. This time I ..... A) Gave my thumbs up. B) Showed a leg. C) Put my foot in it. D) Saw eye to eye with it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Put my foot in it. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Every weekend I have projects A) To agree. B) To be busy. C) Be ready. D) To be late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be busy. 8. My friend and I are sleepy A) I am sleepy. B) They are sleepy. C) Are you sleepy?. D) We are sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We are sleepy. 9. Happy Father's Day! A) Happy New Year!. B) Happy anniversary!. C) Happy Father's Day!. D) Happy Mother's Day!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happy Father's Day!. 10. What does "time flies when you are having fun" mean? A) Time passes quickly when you are doing something interesting. B) Time is slow when you are doing something interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time passes quickly when you are doing something interesting. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. The blood is dark A) Savage. B) Feminine. C) May leukemia. D) There is an infection in the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Savage. 15. 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. 16. What's the meaning of "dream up" ? A) Begin:start. B) Invent:think of:come up with. C) Learn; discover. D) Leave (a vehicle). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invent:think of:come up with. 17. I was taken ..... by the shocking news on the television. A) Over. B) Back. C) Book. D) Aback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aback. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. She is 17 years old A) Present. B) Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 21. ..... 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. 22. 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!. 23. "Doing a bad job to save time or money" is the meaning of: A) On the same page. B) Cut corners. C) A piece of cake. D) In the same boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut corners. 24. 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. 25. Thank you for shopping with us today. The total of your purchases ..... to $ 152.75. A) Broke into. B) Add up. C) Add from. D) Break into. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add up. 26. 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. 27. Learn something by heart A) To let others see your emotions. B) To memorize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To memorize. 28. That's a ..... excuse A) Silly. B) Reasonable. C) Lame. D) Lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lame. 29. 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. 30. Get on someone's nerves A) To reject something. B) To expect. C) Irritate. D) Like. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irritate. 31. The boys are miserable. I feel ..... for them. A) Good. B) Shame. C) Sympathy. D) Shock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathy. 32. Her beauty took my ..... away. A) Heart. B) Breath. C) Mind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breath. 33. 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. 34. Her life had now ..... and she was back where she started, in misery, alone. A) The world is her oyster. B) Come full circle. C) A forgone conclusion. D) A wild goose chase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come full circle. 35. After spending the night outside, he ..... with a serious flu. A) Came off. B) Came up. C) Came down. D) Went down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came down. 36. My mother saw the mess in my room and she ..... A) Was as pleased as Punch. B) Hit the roof. C) Laughed her head off. D) Got mixed up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hit the roof. 37. 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. 38. "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. 39. 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. 40. 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. 41. Lycra pants:$ 45 Denim pants:$ 65 True or false Lycra pants are more expensive than denim pants A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 42. 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. 43. The shoes fit me well A) The shoes don't fit me. B) The shoes don't fit me. C) The shoes fit me well. D) The shoe fits me well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shoes fit me well. 44. 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. 45. 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. 46. 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. 47. 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. 48. I am 15 years old. A) Preterite. B) Present. C) Future. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 49. 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) This watch is cheaper than that watch. D) That watch is cheaper than this watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This watch is cheaper than that watch. 50. 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. 51. 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. 52. What does the idiom 'to be up in arms about' mean? A) To be in favor of something. B) To be very much against something. C) To be excited about something. D) To be indifferent to something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be very much against something. 53. 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. 54. Which phrasal verb means 'to recover'? A) To get down. B) To get on. C) To get over. D) To get up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get over. 55. 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. 56. I wouldn't go quite as ..... as that. A) Far. B) Further. C) Much. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Far. 57. To have something on the brain A) Very intelligent. B) To get information by askingsomeone who knows a lot aboutthe subiect. C) To try very hard to think of orremember something. D) A sudden, clever idea. E) To be obsessed with something. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) To be obsessed with something. 58. Be quiet!-Be quiet! A) Silence!. B) Shh!. C) Be quiet!. D) Be careful!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be quiet!. 59. (To be) A fish out of water A) To be out of money. B) To feel satisfied in a new situation. C) To feel awkward or uncomfortable, usually in a new situation. D) To feel comfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To feel awkward or uncomfortable, usually in a new situation. 60. The shirt is more expensive than the tie A) The shirt is more expensive like the tie. B) The shirt is more expensive than the tie. C) The shirt is more expensive than the tie. D) The shirt is less expensive than the tie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shirt is more expensive than the tie. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books