Idioms for GCSE 2024 - N1

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase CLOSEST meaning to the underlined expression in the following question.

Hey Jimmy, you are taking the final exam tomorrow, right? Break a leg! Break a leg!

• Good luck

• Good night

• Good bye

• Good job

Answer explanation

Thành ngữ: break a leg (chúc may mắn)

Dad will hit the roof when he finds out I dented the car.

• become angry

• become sad

• become worried

• become nervous

Answer explanation

thành ngữ: hit the roof (tức giận)

Where were you? I have been looking for you high and low.

• here and there

• everywhere

• nowhere

• both A and B

I'm pretty sure I did well on that last exam, so it looks like I'm home and dry for the semester.

• hopeless

• hopeful

• unsuccessful

• successful

I don't want to blow my own trumpet but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place

• say how fit I am

• say how healthy I am

• say how clever I am

• say how tall I am

Answer explanation

Thành ngữ: blow my own trumpet (khoe khoang)

If the factory closes, that will be a million dollars' worth of investment down the drain.

• has been overtaken

• has been confirmed

• has been wasted

• has been confused

Answer explanation

Thành ngữ: down the drain. (đổ sông đổ biển, lãng phí)

As far as Alex was concerned this was the last straw and he vowed he would never risk money on a horse ever again.

• the final decision

• the final moment

• the final disaster

• the final occasion

Answer explanation

. Thành ngữ: the last straw (đây là lần cuối cùng, giọt nước tràn ly)

He had gone to Mumbai on a business trip, and while there, he killed two birds with one stone and visited his relatives.

• get things done twice

• get something done two times

• get two things done at the same time

• get two things done twice

Answer explanation

Thành ngữ: killed two birds with one stone  (một mũi tên trúng 2 đích)

I suppose she was the apple of your eye at the time.

• your favourite fruit

• your favourite meal

• your favourite person

• your favourite book

4. Working irregular hours is all part and parcel of being a journalist.

• integral   

• crucial

• essential

• vital

Answer explanation

Thành ngữ: part and parcel (phần không thể thiếu)