Idioms and Vocabulary (W&W Module 2)

What does this idiom "under the weather" mean?

• It is raining hard.

• Someone is feeling sick.

What does the idiom, "on top of the world" mean?

• You are wrong about something.

• You are feeling great.

What is the actual meaning of humbug?

• a fake or imposter

• a good speller a fake

short shrift means

• a short person

• a sneaky person

• Brief and harsh treatment given to a person or topic

Brevity means

• Quick, brief

• long

• harsh

My friend is humorous and has a quick ______ .

• brevity

• wit

• miserly

He admitted he was wrong, so he had to ...

• eat his words

• bite off more than he could chew

What does macabre mean?

• pretty

• gruesome

• shy

A synonym for miserly would be ...

• generous

• greedy

• poor

The character of Short Shrift is

• a salesman in the Word Market

• a policeman, judge, and jailer

• none of the above