This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Idiomatic Expressions – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idiomatic Expressions Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Apple of my eye A) Something that one values. B) Choosing to do something unpleasant. C) To be caught in the act of doing something wrong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that one values. 2. Sorry, but your car is in the way. Would you mind ..... your car, so I can move mine. A) Backing into. B) Backing up. C) Back into. D) Back up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backing up. 3. A:Shall we go shopping? B: ..... A) That depends. B) Without fail. C) In the distance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That depends. 4. What's the meaning of teacher's pet? A) A dog. B) A student who often makes jokes instead of paying attention and doing their work. C) A student who is clearly the favorite of the teacher and often receives special treatment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A student who is clearly the favorite of the teacher and often receives special treatment. 5. "At will ..... " A) What you want. B) Stay away. C) Freely. D) Testament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freely. 6. It's time to take the bull by the horns and get it over. A) GRAB A BULL AND TAKE HIS HORNS-. B) BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING. C) BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BULL. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING. 7. Find these idioms in the reading. 2. Did you (a) what time the movie starts? A) Dig in. B) A find out. C) Catching on. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A find out. 8. A period of uncomfortable silence is called a ..... A) Hot air. B) Cold air. C) Dead air. D) Live air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead air. 9. Jackie was not very happy. Not only did she lose her favorite necklace, but she also learned that her best friend was going to sleep-away camp for the whole summer while she had to go to summer school. Jackie really felt down in the dumps. What does "down in the dumps mean" in the sentence? A) Sad. B) Bringing the garbage to the end of the driveway. C) Excited. D) Flabbergasted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sad. 10. There is a test tomorrow. I have ..... study. A) Dream. B) What. C) Sed. D) Hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 11. I had spent two months worrying about my job and I was happy to get it off my chest.What does it mean? A) I felt unhappy with all the tension at work. B) I decided not to tell anyone about my worries. C) I finally had the courage to share my worries and this made me feel better. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I finally had the courage to share my worries and this made me feel better. 12. 4 work hard to negotiate agreements in one's own favour. A) Agree in. B) Drive something hard. C) Drive a hard bargain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drive a hard bargain. 13. He lost the game but put a brave ..... on it. A) Heart. B) Face. C) Smile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Face. 14. If you think that doing this math problem is ..... , just try it. A) Pie. B) Piece of cake. C) Rags. D) Brainstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piece of cake. 15. He has never worked hard for anything because he was ..... His parents brought everything to him instead. A) Go Dutch. B) Nest egg. C) Penny wise pound foolish. D) Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth. 16. You be quiet (s.) A) Be quiet please. B) Shut up. C) Shut up. D) Shut up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shut up. 17. What's the meaning of "have on" A) Do again; repeat. B) Stop attending. C) Understand; solve. D) Wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wear. 18. He thinks the company's problems can be solved just by firing the sales team, but he's ..... A) Barking up the wrong tree. B) Eat a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barking up the wrong tree. 19. Mike is taller than Sam. A) Mike is shorter than Sam. B) Mike is taller than Sam. C) Mike is taller than Sam. D) Mike is as tall as Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mike is taller than Sam. 20. What is the poet saying: "Her eyes were daggers as she looked at the man who stole her money." A) Her eyes are made of knives. They are sharp. B) She was very, very, angry at the thief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was very, very, angry at the thief. 21. They lived from ..... , never knowing where the next meal was coming from. A) Hand to mouth. B) A fair deal. C) A dog in a manger policy. D) Above board. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hand to mouth. 22. What's the meaning of "play it by ear" ? A) Learn; discover. B) Do something without a definite plan. C) Choose a cautious plan. D) Leave (a vehicle). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do something without a definite plan. 23. What's the meaning of "hit it of" ? A) Most importantly. B) Withdraw an offer. C) Certain to; sure to. D) Become friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Become friendly. 24. Dan and Figen were both in the same boat-divorced and lonely. What does the highlighted idiom mean? A) Be similar in many ways. B) Be in the same situation with the same problem (s). C) Be riding the same boat together. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be in the same situation with the same problem (s). 25. My sister was tickled pink upon hearing that she she passed the board exam A) Sad. B) Very happy. C) Angry. D) Gloomy. 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