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Idioms from Medicine

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"blood is thicker than water"

a)

to not like your family

b)

family is the most important

c)

to run away

d)

to hide

2.

"a bitter pill to swallow"

a)

medicine

b)

aspirin

c)

a difficult problem to accept or deal with

d)

prescription

3.

"to cough up"

a)

to pay what is owed

b)

to save your money

c)

go to the bank

d)

to be sick

4.

"to feel it in your bones"

a)

x-ray

b)

doctor's visit

c)

to have a strange feeling

d)

twisted ankle

5.

"a fly in the ointment"

a)

an insect

b)

a problem or situation

c)

fly swatter

d)

bugs

6.

"to get burned"

a)

the fire depatment

b)

arson

c)

to get cheated, tricked out of money

d)

fire hose

7.

"to give a taste of their own medicine"

a)

to treat someone the same way they treat you

b)

to treat differently

c)

cough medicine

d)

to have a cold

8.

"to have a lot of nerve"

a)

to be shy

b)

quiet

c)

to freely tell your ideas or opinions no matter what

d)

to be ill

9.

"to hold your breath"

a)

to brush your teeth

b)

to wait for something to happen

c)

to yell at someone

d)

to be scared

10.

"sick and tired"

a)

to enjoy something

b)

frustrated or angry about something

c)

to enjoy a trip

d)

Hawaii

11.

"to take great pains"

a)

to work hard, plan for something

b)

to be lazy

c)

not care

d)

to be happy