Idioms and Similes

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Alice got the ____________ to go to the party with her friends.

• green light

• blue light

• white light

• brown light

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Everyone bought that singer's new CD. It sold like ____________.

• blue moon

• silver spoon

• hot cakes

• a fiddle

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Janice is the ____________ of her uncle's eye. He adores her so much.

• apple

• cloud nine

• silver spoon

• forty winks

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The manager did not trust anyone. He always ____________ on his workers.

• costs an arm and a leg

• sweet tooth

• keeps a close eye

• a sight for sore eyes

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The famous doctor is here. This is a ____________ to ask him questions.

• flying colours

• silver spoon

• golden boy

• golden opportunity

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She passed the test with flying ____________.

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He was ________ with envy when I won the first prize in the competition yesterday.

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Sandra was tickled ____________ to hear the good news.

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The tired children walked as slow as a ___________.

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The young man is as fit as a ____________.