This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Make a decison on / make up one's mind A) Goodbye. B) Sympathize. C) Decision. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decision. 2. Which expression can be used for the sentence below:"He is a very important member of the group." A) Be worth one's salt. B) Be beneath the salt. C) Salt of the earth. D) Eat someone's salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be worth one's salt. 3. A large choice A) Pick and Choose. B) Part and parcel. C) Tough and tight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pick and Choose. 4. Give way to A) Encountered, seen. B) Give in, give in. C) Lost keeping in touch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Give in, give in. 5. He/to rest A) He is resting. B) He is resting. C) He rest. D) He is resting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is resting. 6. Comment dit-on "They (m/f) don't have?" A) They don't have. B) They have not. C) They don't have. D) They do not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They do not have. 7. Idiom: ..... for compliments Meaning:Try to manipulate people into praising you. A) Whale. B) Fish. C) Oyster. D) Lobster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fish. 8. Eric has ..... He needs to drink a soda. A) Dream. B) Fear. C) Sed. D) Hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sed. 9. What does the idiom 'Skeleton in the closet' means? A) Choosing to do something unpleasant. B) Something one wants to keep a secret. C) To look for something where there is nothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something one wants to keep a secret. 10. To scare A) To scare. B) To make a pear . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To scare. 11. For the first time A) For the first time. B) Here. C) Percent. D) Therefore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For the first time. 12. What is the conjugation of tener for vosotros (Preterite) A) Keep. B) You will have. C) You had. D) Brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You had. 13. "Best of both worlds ..... " A) All the advantages of two different situations. B) Best of both cultures. C) Best of you and me. D) All the greatness in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the advantages of two different situations. 14. Have/keep one's finger on the pulse A) Controlling someone completely;. B) Using your hands in an awkward or careless way;. C) Always knowing about the most recent changes or developments in a particular situation or activity;. D) Hoping that something will happen the way you want;. E) Someone being different from everyone;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Always knowing about the most recent changes or developments in a particular situation or activity;. 15. Run around in circles A) Doing something that has never been done before. B) Being ignored. C) Putting efforts into something that is not a worthwhile result. D) Making the most of the worst situations or things because you can't do anything about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Putting efforts into something that is not a worthwhile result. 16. Adverbs are phrases that refer to something other than a subject A) Directly. B) In another language. C) Metaphorically. D) Presumably. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Presumably. 17. Which idiom means:"come back to the starting point" ? A) The world is my oyster. B) Come full circle. C) Break the ice. D) A wild goose chase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come full circle. 18. To cost one arm and one leg. A) Cost an arm and a leg. B) Empty bag won't stay upright. C) Cost the eyeballs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost the eyeballs. 19. I know the presentation didn't go as planned, but there's no use crying over spilled milk. A) Expressing regret about something that has already happened and cannot be changed. B) Ignoring mistakes and not acknowledging errors. C) Avoiding the responsibility of cleaning up a spill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressing regret about something that has already happened and cannot be changed. 20. He gave me a feedback loop A) Made me do the same thing repeatedly. B) Gave away food he didn't like. C) Motivated me constantly so I would improve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motivated me constantly so I would improve. 21. What's the meaning of "get the hand of something" ? A) Learn how to do something. B) Not nervous, calm. C) Need practice or review. D) Interrupt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learn how to do something. 22. Idiom:hold your ..... Meaning:Wait a minute. A) Goats. B) Elephants. C) Horses. D) Tigers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horses. 23. Barking up the wrong tree A) To look for something where there is nothing. B) To waste time doing something that won't succeed. C) To ride in the seat next to the driver. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To look for something where there is nothing. 24. Don't be a back seat driver. A) Don't tell me how to drive. B) You are driving a car from the backseat. C) You are sitting in the backseat. D) You are talking in the backseat of the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't tell me how to drive. 25. Let's have a blast! A) Have a good time!. B) Enjoy yourself!. C) We are going to have a great time!. D) Have a good trip!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We are going to have a great time!. 26. Why is Alice acting funny towards me? Is she ..... A) Getting off my back?. B) Off the top of my head?. C) Giving me the cold shoulder?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving me the cold shoulder?. 27. Hold your tongue A) To speak. B) To not speak. C) To joke with someone. D) To play with someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To not speak. 28. Which idiom means: "to be in bad condition" ? A) Come full circle. B) The world is my oyster. C) Have seen better days. D) Neither here nor there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have seen better days. 29. Home from home A) A place where you feel as relaxed as in your own home. B) Earn. C) For a very long time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A place where you feel as relaxed as in your own home. 30. I don't really like going out to the mall anymore. Not in this pandemic.I only go ..... A) When pigs fly. B) Once in a blue moon. C) When I speak of the devil. D) None of above. 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