This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Messing up A) Making something dirty. B) Doing something incorrectly. C) Making something untidy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing something incorrectly. 2. What a bummer! A) What a pity!. B) What a shame!. C) What a surprise!. D) What a nuisance!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What a nuisance!. 3. You are ..... the best player on the team A) Hands down. B) Clap Hands. C) An arm and the leg. D) A piece of cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hands down. 4. A long time ago A) A long time ago. B) Tomorrow/morning. C) The following day. D) Next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A long time ago. 5. Where does an idiom become inappropriate to use? A) Academic writing. B) Books. C) Dictionary. D) Movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Academic writing. 6. What preposition do we normally use after succeed and before a gerund? A) On. B) In. C) For. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 7. Less difficult than A) More difficult than. B) Less difficult than. C) Better difficult than. D) Worse difficult than. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less difficult than. 8. Unearthed A) To methodically reveal information. B) Not based on any good reason. C) To be revealed. D) To find something that was lost or forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To find something that was lost or forgotten. 9. Associate the correct idiomatic expression to this sentence:They almost caught us, but now we're ..... A) Out of the woods. B) Funny. C) Under weather. D) Eating out of your hand. E) Mad as a hatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of the woods. 10. What's the meaning of '' in a nut shell" ? A) Constantly; for a long time. B) Not have. C) In sumarry; in brief. D) Fail to happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In sumarry; in brief. 11. My father earned very little and there were four kids, so we ..... A) Nest egg. B) Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth. C) Lived from hand to mouth. D) Penny wise, pound foolish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lived from hand to mouth. 12. It means to begin to live a stable life in one place. A) Get off to a good start. B) Settle down. C) Drive someone away. D) Keep up with someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Settle down. 13. You owe me. A) You have to give me money. B) You will do something for me in the future. C) I am amazed by you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You will do something for me in the future. 14. Sell like hot cakes A) Bought by many people. B) A controversial subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought by many people. 15. To my ..... , it's like this. A) Meaning. B) Mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mind. 16. Jump ship A) To go sailing. B) To get wet. C) To quit something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To quit something. 17. 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. 18. (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. 19. 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. 20. What's the meaning of "on ones's own" ? A) Independent. B) Write in a blank. C) Begin; start. D) No longer have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 21. They had a fight A) They have a tongue lashing. B) They had a tongue lash. C) They have a chicken. D) They had a tongue lashing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They had a tongue lashing. 22. To rain ..... A) Cats and kittens. B) Dogs and puppies. C) Bears and cubs. D) Cats and dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cats and dogs. 23. 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. 24. That lady should not have become a war correspondent. She is a "square peg in a round hole" . A) A person who has been given an opportunity to change her profession. B) A person who has no interest in her job. C) A person who takes part in every event. D) A person who is not suitable to her work or surroundings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who is not suitable to her work or surroundings. 25. If you pretend to be better than others, then you are: A) Putting on airs. B) Beating the air. C) Floating an air biscuit. D) On the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Putting on airs. 26. 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. 27. Maria graduated with honors as a price of burning the midnight oil while studying. A) Rich family. B) Study hard. C) Talented. D) Strong rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study hard. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. You ..... me breathless. A) See. B) Leave. C) Call. D) Hold. 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