IDIOMS - GCSE 2024 - N2

Lucy's been _________ on air since she received the test result.

• jumping

• travelling

• floating

• diving

Answer explanation

Thành ngữ:

 be walking/floating on air:

 rất vui, phấn khích

My mom will ________ a fit when she finds out I forgot to clean the house.

• throw

• pull

• press

• jump

Answer explanation

have/throw a fit: rất tức giận

~ hit the roof = become angry

Nam ruffled his friend's ________ when he said that her essay was terrible

• fingers

• feathers

• nails

• toes

Answer explanation

 ruffle one’s feathers /'rʌfl/:

 xúc phạm, làm phiền lòng ai đó, làm cho ai bối rối

The melody has a familiar ________ to it. I think I listened to it quite a long time ago.

• eye

• rink

• ring

• band

Answer explanation

 have a familiar ring:

 quen thuộc, thân thuộc

(tiếng chuông nghe quen thuộc -> nghe thân thuộc giống như đã từng nghe nói tới trước đó)

She got the wrong end of the ________ when her boss asked her to come into his office.

• bat

• rope

• bar

• stick

Answer explanation

 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick: hiểu lầm, hiểu sai

The article I found on the Internet gave me plenty of ________ for thought.

• food

• cup

• hand

• drink

Answer explanation

 food for thought:

điều đáng suy ngẫm

I ________ the message when he asked me what time it was.

• made

• got

• acted

• lent

Answer explanation

 get the message:

 hiểu ngụ ý của ai

I think he may have lost _______ of the reason why he joined this team.

• glance

• view

• sight

• glimpse

Answer explanation

 lose sight of something: quên mất điều gì đó quan trọng

Thanks to our careful preparations, the event went like a ________.

• life

• hair

• dream

• time

Answer explanation

 work/go like a dream: diễn ra cực kỳ tốt, không gặp vấn đề

The environmental campaign ________ a trick; everyone in my town has started to recycle old items.

• got

• drew

• went

• did

Answer explanation

 do a/the trick: mang lại kết quả tốt