English Idioms and Expressions Quiz

I wanted to ask her what she thought of her ex-husband, but I figured it was better to let sleeping……………. lie.

• cats

• dogs

• fish

• sheep

I have to run to the bathroom. Can you keep an eye ………….. my suitcase while I am gone?

• on

• at

• off

• in

Her husband is awful; they fight all the time but I think it takes ………….. to tango.

• one

• two

• three

• four

I have decided that this summer I am going to learn how to scuba dive. -- Me too! I have already paid for the course. Great minds …………….. alike!

• think

• hear

• listen

• tell

When my girl friend and my brother got in a fight I had to help my brother because blood is ……..than water.

• thinner

• thicker

• better

• more

You're right. You've hit the ________ on the head.

• nail

• wall

• lips

• hand

She is walking on the ________. She doesn't know how to say.

• air

• road

• street

• garden

When you do something, you should ________

• pay through the nose

• turn over a new leaf

• weigh up the pros and cons

• huddle into a pen

Someone who is inexperienced is ________

• red

• blue

• black

• green

The year-end party was out of this world. We had never tasted such delicious food.

• enormous

• terrific

• strange

• awful