Idioms - List 6 (Context #2)

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: You’re only 50, Tina! You’re not _____ yet!

• over the hill
• on thin ice
• for a song

• fit as a fiddle

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: John had the answer _____, but Ann said it first.

• on the tip of his tongue

• keep your pants on

• a drop in the bucket

• cross the line

• on thin ice

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: David fixed my computer, then repaired my car, and then worked on my plumbing. He’s _____!

• a jack of all trades

• things are looking up

• in over his head

• on thin ice

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: I didn’t want to go to my boss’s birthday, so I ____ and said I was sick, so he wouldn’t be upset with me for not going to the party.

• told a white lie

• tightened my belt

• let sleeping dogs lie

• was in over my head

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: That actress is _____, but she can still play a 20-year-old woman convincingly.

• no spring chicken

• fresh off the boat

• a jack of all trades

• a little bird told me

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: Vanessa yelled upstairs to her sister, Sylvia, “Hurry up! I want to leave right now!” “Oh! _____! We don’t have to be to school for another hour!” Sylvia replied.

• Keep your pants on

• Let sleeping dogs lie
• Things are looking up
• No spring chicken
• Cross the line

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: The newspaper reporter had _____ with his newest article. The article has offended many people.

• crossed the line

• given him a pat on the back

• been in over his head

Our fundraiser at school brought in some money for St. Jude’s Hospital, but it’s _____ compared to the $125-million donation that Jared Isaacman and his wife, Monica, gave to the hospital, which helps children with childhood illnesses. The students were still glad they could help out as much as they could though--every dollar can help!

• a drop in the bucket

• no spring chicken

• a little bird told me

• let sleeping dogs lie

• crossed the line

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: I’m not _____. I know how to navigate the subway system in our city like a pro commuter.

• fresh off the boat

• on thin ice

• Tightening my belt

• giving you a pat on the back

Select the correct idiom to complete the sentence: After Minerva won the poetry contest, her teacher, Mrs. Corson, ____ to congratulate her for all her hard work with a $10 gift certificate to Target from the school!

• gave her a pat on the back

• tightened her belt

• was on thin ice

• told a white lie