This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > Idioms And Phrases – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Idioms And Phrases Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The new car of my neighbor was a white elephant for most of the family as they use it sparingly. A) Cheap and useless. B) Useful and cheap. C) Expensive and useless. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expensive and useless. 2. From the old school means ..... A) A school that is more than 20 years old. B) Graduated a long time ago. C) Elementary students. D) Old fashioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old fashioned. 3. He plays the part of a tough cop on TV who really has a heart of gold. A) Is kind and generous. B) Is timid or afraid. C) Is in a difficult situation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is kind and generous. 4. "Open a can of worms" means ..... A) Share information that complicates the situation. B) Getting ready to go fishing. C) Openings up a can with stinky food. D) Having a difficult time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Share information that complicates the situation. 5. The long suspension of classes caused students to be bored to tears. The underlined means ..... A) Bored to cry. B) Bored to work. C) Very bored. D) Very active. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very bored. 6. What doe the italicized phrase mean?The board has made a decision. Arguing the toss is useless. A) Spending time for nonsense. B) Wasting resources. C) Losing in an argument. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spending time for nonsense. 7. "Hold no brief for someone" means: A) Refuse to Support. B) Refuse to brief someone before a meeting. C) Make things troublesome. D) Plot things against someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refuse to Support. 8. "Everybody who's anybody is here" means ..... A) Nobody is here. B) Everybody is here. C) I don't know the people here. D) All the important people are here. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the important people are here. 9. What does "butterflies in my stomach" mean? A) I ate too much. B) I swallowed some bugs. C) To be nervous about something. D) To be very hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be nervous about something. 10. Another performance like that and this team will be the laughing stock of the league. A) Smb being funny. B) Smb acting so foolishly that others mock you. C) Smb telling jokes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smb acting so foolishly that others mock you. 11. To drink heavily A) To drink like a fish. B) To drink like a pig. C) To drink like the Polish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To drink like a fish. 12. You have to pull your socks up if you want to improve on your test scores. The underlined means ..... A) Wear your socks right. B) Hang your socks. C) Do better. D) Do nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do better. 13. Our neighbors and their nasty dogs have moved out-good riddance! A) Stay out of sight, unnoticed. B) Glad something/someone is over or gone. C) Things have come back to where they started. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glad something/someone is over or gone. 14. Believing that every bad situation has a positive side A) Don't put all of your eggs in one basket. B) All that glitters is not gold. C) Every cloud has a silver lining. D) Found my feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't put all of your eggs in one basket. 15. What is the meaning of "hard and fast" ? A) Strict. B) Dominating. C) Certain and rigid. D) Unrelenting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Certain and rigid. 16. What does the idiom ''as sound as a dollar" mean? A) To continuously talk about money. B) To be rich. C) To be very secure and dependable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be very secure and dependable. 17. Remember to stir the spaghetti sauce every 15 minutes ..... until it is ready. A) Amount to. B) In need. C) Or so. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or so. 18. Oily tongue A) Flattery. B) Hungry person. C) Strong critic. D) Rich food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flattery. 19. To carry off the bell means: A) To lose your temper at really petty situations. B) To bag the first position specially when achieving it is difficult. C) To carry someone else's burden. D) To work lethargically. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To bag the first position specially when achieving it is difficult. 20. You need to ..... the problem now before it becomes worse. A) Deal out. B) Deal well. C) Deal with. D) Deal in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deal with. 21. What is the meaning of "Loose Canon": A) Unpredictable. B) Short tempered. C) Spendthrift. D) A lazy person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unpredictable. 22. My brother ....., so I sent him some money. A) Pay back. B) Or so. C) Lend me. D) Is broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is broke. 23. "Apple of my eye" means? A) Pupil is shaped like an apple. B) Someone that is very special. C) Eye color is red like an apple. D) Eye color is green like an apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone that is very special. 24. Boy, am I in a pickle-I accidentally made plans to meet with two different clients today. A) In a difficult situation. B) In a pleasant situation. C) Having fun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a difficult situation. 25. Old Hat means ..... A) A worn out hat. B) Not new or interesting. C) Pretending to be new. D) Over 50 years old. 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