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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“Wild-goose chase” comes from Romeo and Juliet.
We use this phrase today to mean:
a goose hunt
a useless search
a competitive sport
a fun enterprise
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“Set my teeth on edge” comes from Henry IV Part I.
We use this phrase today to mean:
a toothache
to bite hard on something
to really irritate
be firm and unyielding
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“One fell swoop” comes from Macbeth
We use this phrase today to mean:
all at once
a type of hair style
quickly downhill
someone sweeping
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“Laughing stock” comes from The Merry Wives of Windsor.
We use this phrase today to mean:
a compilation of jokes
a comedian
an audience at a comedian's show
someone who is mocked
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Eaten out of house and home" comes from Henry IV.
We use this phrase today to mean:
to buy someone's home
use up all of someone’s food and resources
to have an infestation of pests
eat until you are full
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Too much of a good thing" comes from As You Like It.
We use this phrase today to mean:
an excessive amount of something that is otherwise good
having presents showered on you
having enough money in the bank and not knowing what to do with it
not knowing what to do with all you have
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"A heart of gold" comes from Henry V.
We use this phrase today to mean:
a locket
the richest man in town
a kind-hearted, genuinely good person
a person who is a shining example of pride
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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