English Idioms Quiz

What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?

• B. A difficult situation

• A. A good thing that seemed bad at first

• C. A hidden treasure

• D. A secret plan

What does the idiom 'a picture is worth a thousand words' mean?

• D. A picture is not important

• C. A picture is worth a lot of money

• B. A picture is not worth anything

• A. A picture tells a story better than written words

What does the idiom 'a piece of cake' mean?

• D. Really expensive

• C. Really delicious

• B. Really easy

• A. Really difficult

What does the idiom 'actions speak louder than words' mean?

• A. What somebody actually does means more than what they say they will do

• B. What somebody says is more important than what they do

• C. What somebody does is not important

• D. What somebody says is not important

What does the idiom 'add insult to injury' mean?

• C. To ignore a problem

• A. To make a bad situation worse

• B. To apologize for a mistake

• D. To solve a problem

What does the idiom 'as cheap as chips' mean?

• A. Really expensive

• B. Really cheap

• D. Really difficult

• C. Really delicious

What does the idiom 'barking up the wrong tree' mean?

• A. To be wrong about the way to achieve something

• B. To be right about the way to achieve something

• C. To avoid achieving something

• D. To achieve something easily

What does the idiom 'bite off more than you can chew' mean?

• D. To do something that is just right for you

• C. To do something easily

• B. To avoid doing something difficult

• A. To try to do something that is too difficult or too much for you