Quiz based on Idioms and Proverbs Introduction Lesson

Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

• Beat around the bush
• Hit the sack
• Make a long story short
• On the ball
• Pull someone's leg

To go to bed and get some sleep

• Pull someone's leg
• Wrap your head around something
• On the ball
• Hit the sack
• On the ball

To wish someone good luck, especially a stage actor

• Mind your P's and Q's
• Easy does it
• Hang in there
• Get your act together
• Break a leg

Don't give up even though it's hard

• Hit the sack
• Wrap your head around something
• Actions speak louder than words.
• Mind your P's and Q's
• Hang in there

The person we were just talking about showed up!

• Absence makes the heart grow fonder
• Speak of the devil
• Easy does it
• A leopard doesn’t change its spots
• All is well that ends well

If you’re in a bad situation and someone offers to help you, you have to take whatever they give you and shouldn’t ask for more

• Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
• All that glitters is not gold
• Beggars can’t be choosers
• Make a long story short
• Pull someone's leg

Joking with somebody/playing a trick with words

• Make a long story short
• Pull someone's leg
• Mind your P's and Q's
• Speak of the devil
• A fool and his money are easily parted

What you do is more important than what you say

• Actions speak louder than words.
• A watched pot never boils
• Beggars can’t be choosers
• Break a leg
• Get your act together

Be polite

• Mind your P's and Q's
• Easy does it
• Beat around the bush
• Actions speak louder than words.
• Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

People can’t change their innate character, especially bad.

• A fool and his money are easily parted
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• A leopard doesn’t change its spots
• All that glitters is not gold