This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Forked tongue A) Hard to speak. B) Mumble. C) Liar. D) Good story teller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liar. 6. 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. 7. His arrogant behavior with others has left him high and dry. A) To be penniless. B) To be very sick. C) To be very famous. D) Isolated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isolated. 8. Better than A) More good than. B) More better than. C) Rather than. D) Better than. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Better than. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. "Bad blood ..... " A) Sick inside. B) Hostility between persons or groups. C) Suffering from cancer of the blood. D) Bad attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hostility between persons or groups. 12. "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. 13. Fed up with A) To be tired. B) To expect. C) Give up. D) To reject something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be tired. 14. Cold head A) Dizzy. B) Own disposition is good. C) Does not care. D) No emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Own disposition is good. 15. 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. 16. The bone is hard A) Can't dance. B) Old man. C) Strong. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong. 17. The weather is bad. ll fait ..... A) Of the sun. B) Snow. C) Bad. D) The wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bad. 18. 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. 19. "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. 20. I'm ..... you there. A) For. B) In. C) Off. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With. 21. Which idiom means:"relax the atmosphere, especially between strangers" ? A) Break the ice. B) A foregone conclusion. C) Come full circle. D) The world is my oyster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break the ice. 22. School is hard for Ayesha; it is difficult for her to keep ..... her lessons. A) Up with. B) Up about. C) In touch. D) On with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Up with. 23. Associate the correct phrasal verb to this sentence:I don't want to see you in here anymore, ..... ! A) Get carried away. B) Put out. C) Ill at ease. D) Keep out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keep out. 24. I ..... Carry ..... when she decided to quit her job and go back to school. A) Backed into. B) Asked about. C) Backed up. D) Put on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backed up. 25. Until now, we still have not known the person who had a sticky finger back in high school. Remember when we had the whole day of no classes because my cellphone was missing? A) Someone who misplaced his/ her phone. B) Someone who is a thief. C) Someone who is not good in remembering past events. D) Someone who loves solving mysteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who is a thief. 26. "Where is my book?" she said. "It's right under your nose!" A) When something is right in front of you. B) When something is far away. C) Your mouth. D) When you leave something behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When something is right in front of you. 27. It was a nice strategy, but it didn't quite ..... A) Come off-to be successful. B) Come by-to find or get. C) Come out with-to say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Come off-to be successful. 28. "Lose your touch" is ..... A) To lose your ability or talent you had once. B) To lose the way you performed something. C) To lose the appearance you used to have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To lose your ability or talent you had once. 29. What does the idiom 'to be in the same boat' mean? A) To be on a boat trip together. B) To be in a different situation. C) To be in a similar situation. D) To be on a boat alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be in a similar situation. 30. "I'll be right over" means ..... A) I'm right. B) Combined. C) Arrive on time. D) I will be back in a moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I will be back in a moment. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIdiomatic Expressions Quiz 1Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 2Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 3Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 5Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 6Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 7Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 8Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 9Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 10Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books