Idioms & Figurative Language Test

We had to go back to square 1.

• We finished what we were doing.

• Square 1 is our new home.

• We had to walk to the square labeled 1.

• We had to start all over again.

Give me a hand means...

• Please help me.

• Let's hold hands.

• Please stop it.

• Loan me your mittens.

I'm all ears!

• I'm covered in ears all over my body.

• I have 25 ears.

• I'm eavesdropping.

• I'm listening completely and totally!

Two heads are better than one means...

• working with a partner is a bad idea

• working is impossible without a partner

• working with a partner is never helpful

• working with a partner often gets you further

The meteorologist really hit the nail on the head with her storm forecast.

• She was completely accurate about when the storm would begin.

• She nailed boards over her windows to protect from the storm.

• She misjudged when the storm would hit.

• She predicted bad weather.

When you get a taste of your own medicine, it means that you..

• experience a bad illness and need medicine

• experience something positive that you have done to others

• experience something funny that is new to you

• experience something negative that you have done to others

One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch means...

• Your actions have no impact on the people around you.

• One person making bad choices can affect the whole group.

• Wnen one apple is rotten, it can spread to the other apples in the basket.

• Don't eat bruised apples.

I had butterflies in my stomach.

• I was so nervous I couldn't get out of bed.

• I was nervous but also excited.

• I was as calm as if I had wings.

• I felt totally relaxed.

When we say people are "dropping like flies", we mean that...

• people are killing flies by the thousands

• people are dropping things on flies

• people are dropping out of something in large numbers

• flies are dropping dead left and right

The auto mechanic gave my mom a ballpark figure on the car repairs.

• They couldn't tell her what was wrong with the car.

• They gave her the total cost of the repsirs plus tax.

• They told her the car was parked at the ballpark.

• They gave her an estimate of the repair costs.