This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 30 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They had a dispute yesterday. That's why she gave him a ..... A) Face the music. B) Pie in the sky. C) Cold shoulder. D) Rags to riches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cold shoulder. 2. "Get your act together ..... " A) Work better or leave. B) Follow the script. C) Rehearse well. D) Lead actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Follow the script. 3. Rub salt in the wound A) Being talkative. B) To have a good sense of humor. C) To make a difficult situation even worse for someone. D) To express support for a person or idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make a difficult situation even worse for someone. 4. After winning that last game, I think we're home and dry.'home and dry' means: A) Not special at all. B) Achieved success. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achieved success. 5. Adrian was going to accept a job offer in China, but after thinking about how much he would miss his wife in the Philippines, he had ..... A) A change of heart. B) Night owl. C) See red. D) Best of both worlds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A change of heart. 6. Keep quiet A) Hid in the mountain. B) Leave the province. C) Already married. D) Did something far away from the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Already married. 7. Amy's aunt spent months knitting a scarf for Amy. When Amy received the present and looked at it, she really didn't like the colors. She couldn't let her aunt know she was disappointed after all her hard work, so she told a little white lie instead. What does a "little white lie" mean in the sentence? A) Huge made up story. B) Truth. C) Lie that is told to avoid hurting someone's feelings. D) The lie was painted white. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lie that is told to avoid hurting someone's feelings. 8. When you do something without a plan or the plan suddenly changes. A) Hit the jackpot. B) Bring up. C) Wing it. D) Bank on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wing it. 9. I thought the shirt was going to be cheap, but instead it cost me an arm and a leg! A) When you find something on sale. B) When something is not good. C) When something is expensive. D) Paying for something with your arm and leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When something is expensive. 10. I can't afford this Channel purse! It ..... ! I won't be able to buy anything to eat! A) Costs an arm and a leg. B) Is the best of both worlds. C) Is a piece of cake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Costs an arm and a leg. 11. "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" A) The cat stole someone's tongue. B) The cat bites the person's tongue. C) The person can't talk or speak. D) The person got the cat's tongue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The person can't talk or speak. 12. Football got me through A) Helped me understand. B) Helped me to survive. C) Taught me how to move. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helped me to survive. 13. I'd been coughing and sneezing all week and ..... A) Had been thrown in at the deep end. B) Had been taken aback. C) Feeling very under the weather. D) Rushing off my feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling very under the weather. 14. Find the meaning of this expression "by parcel post" . A) By order. B) By mail order. C) By courier parcel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By mail order. 15. It really ..... me ..... when a friend checks his email when we're out together. A) Chill out. B) Switch off. C) Focus on. D) Wind up. E) Recharge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind up. 16. ..... get out of hand A) Doing something without planning. B) Unable to control the situation. C) To escape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unable to control the situation. 17. When a company obtains profits the company is in ..... A) The red. B) Off the cuff. C) Bank on. D) The black. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The black. 18. His wife accepted the dose of her own medicine. A) Painful experiences. B) Sickness and troubles. C) Karma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karma. 19. This is a shortened name for "economics." A) Ec. B) Eco. C) Econ. D) Econom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Econ. 20. Complete the sentence. Mother gave us the ..... light to go on the camping trip. A) Green. B) Blue. C) Red. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green. 21. What you said is ..... , I think you lied. A) Hard to feel. B) Hard to swallow. C) Hard to listen. D) Hard to think. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hard to swallow. 22. Home truths A) The last part of an activity or process. B) Unpleasant facts or opinions about you that someone tells you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unpleasant facts or opinions about you that someone tells you. 23. What is the meaning of 'password'? A) In the language of access. B) At the password. C) To the word of fail. D) At the phrase of entrance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the password. 24. If we have the determination to help our country, we must ..... corruption. A) Take a breath. B) Turn the tables. C) Set one's face against. D) Get wind of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Set one's face against. 25. Make room for A) Make room. B) Pay attention. C) Influential. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make room. 26. Fortunately A) All over. B) Everywhere. C) Fortunately. D) Finally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fortunately. 27. "lip service ..... " A) Talk too much. B) Gossip. C) Insincere verbal expression. D) Had their lips done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insincere verbal expression. 28. She walked in as cool as a cucumber as if nothing bad happened.What does it mean? A) She was a cool girl and liked cucumbers. B) She walked in very seriously. C) She walked in very calmly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She walked in very calmly. 29. The streets are flooded for it ..... A) Peter out. B) Pull one's leg. C) Rain cats and dogs. D) Catch one red-handed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain cats and dogs. 30. As ..... as the weather is good, I go to beach every day in summer. A) Far. B) Long. C) Many. D) Much. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books