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Idioms

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

cross your fingers

a)

good luck

b)

a strategy for healing a wound

c)

another way to pray

d)

a rude gesture given to someone you do not like

2.

break a leg

a)

to wish a person will have bad luck in their future

b)

to wish a person breaks their leg in the future

c)

to wish a person will break the leg of another person in the future

d)

to wish someone will have good luck in the future

3.

hang in there

a)

to accomplish something significant

b)

to die by hanging

c)

to tell someone to stay strong in a difficult situation

d)

to go to the park and swing on the swings

4.

hit the roof

a)

the roof falls down

b)

to move to another house

c)

to solve a problem

d)

to become very angry

5.

she cried crocodile tears

a)

a person cried because a crocodile bit them

b)

to eat a lot of food and then cry because you ate too much

c)

to pretend to be a crocodile

d)

to cry fake tears

6.

pig out

a)

to dress up like a pig for Halloween

b)

to make noises like a pig

c)

to eat a lot of food

d)

to refuse to eat pork

7.

a piece of cake

a)

a person's birthday party

b)

to get only one part of something

c)

to eat cake

d)

something is really easy to do

8.

I am all ears

a)

a person has really big ears

b)

a person can hear really well

c)

a person has three ears

d)

a person wants to listen to someone carefully

9.

a gray area

a)

something is the color gray

b)

something is very good

c)

something is very clear and easy to understand

d)

something is not easy to understand or is not clear

10.

I've got your number

a)

to understand someone's thinking

b)

ready to call someone a friend

c)

to want a do with someone

d)

to be a close friend with someone

11.

so far so good

a)

what a person is doing is really easy

b)

things are going really well up to that point in an activity

c)

there is still a lot of work left to do in an activity

d)

someone is really good at something

12.

on the ball

a)

to be in a good mood

b)

to be very nervous

c)

to have a lot of fun

d)

to be doing a really good job

13.

get out of hand

a)

to lose something

b)

to throw something

c)

when a situation gets out of control

d)

to move away from a bad place

14.

hold your horses

a)

to stop a horse from going any farther

b)

to hold onto a horse that is running very fast

c)

when a person asks another person to stop what they are doing

d)

to ask someone to continue doing something

15.

time is money

a)

time goes by very fast

b)

it is useless to do something unless money is involved

c)

if you do not use time effectively, it will cost you money

d)

to prefer to do activities that do not cost any money

16.

rip off

a)

something is not worth the price that it costs

b)

to tear a piece of paper in half

c)

to turn off the lights as fast as possible

d)

to eat a lot of food very quickly

17.

call it a day

a)

to make phone calls all day long

b)

to name a newborn child, 'day'

c)

to have a really bad day

d)

to stop working for the day

18.

back to the drawing board

a)

to draw something new

b)

to get something new from the store

c)

to show off something a person is good at

d)

to start something all over again

19.

get your act together

a)

to behave in a proper or polite manner

b)

to start organizing yourself so that you do things in an effective way

c)

to dress up in a nice outfit because you have to meet an important person

d)

to do a good job acting in a play

20.

once in a blue moon

a)

when a person sees something that is very pretty

b)

when a person makes a wish

c)

when a person has the best day ever

d)

when a person experiences something that only happens very rarely

21.

the early bird gets the worm

a)

to eat worms for breakfast

b)

someone who is not smart usually doesn't have enough food to eat

c)

someone who begins their day the earliest, usually gets what they want

d)

eating breakfast early in the morning is very healthy for a person

22.

when pigs fly

a)

something is not very likely to happen

b)

a person pretending to be Superman and a pig at the same time

c)

when pigs are transported from one area to another via airplane

d)

to eat a lot of pork

23.

a drop in the bucket

a)

something is barely wet

b)

something is not very important

c)

a very small amount of something that there is a lot of

d)

to drink salt water from the ocean

24.

get cold feet

a)

to walk in the snow for a long time

b)

when someone's feet get cut off with a sword

c)

when someone becomes too nervous to do something

d)

to run very slowly

25.

by the skin of your teeth

a)

to brush your teeth really well every night

b)

when a person's teeth are so dirty, they grow skin on them

c)

when a person just barely does something, as in pass a test

d)

to chew food very thoroughly

26.

out of the blue

a)

something happens unexpectedly

b)

something is colored only with the color blue

c)

someone is no longer sad, but has become happy

d)

to complete a difficult task

27.

let the cat out of the bag

a)

to give a new kitten as a present

b)

to reveal a secret

c)

to unpack a bag that was not packed very well

d)

to waste a lot of time doing nothing

28.

to have a change of heart

a)

to volunteer your time to a good cause

b)

to put nice clothes on

c)

to have heart transplant surgery

d)

to change the way you feel about something

29.

fall on deaf ears

a)

when a person used to be able to hear, and now they cannot

b)

the difficulty talking with someone who cannot hear

c)

when a person ignores advice given to him/her

d)

when a person becomes deaf after an accident

30.

to jog a person's memory

a)

to help a person remember something they have forgotten

b)

to run around until a person remembers something they have forgotten

c)

when a person cannot remember something that was told to them

d)

when a person stops exercising because they do not like it

31.

cut the mustard

a)

when someone farts really loudly

b)

when someone isn't good enough to participate in an activity, sport or competition

c)

when someone does not want mustard on their food

d)

when a person cuts their hand on a knife

32.

burn bridges

a)

when a bridge is no longer safe to walk across

b)

when someone intentionally destroys a relationship with an someone influential in their life, as in a boss or a good friend

c)

When a person makes the same mistake more than once

d)

when a person is no longer able to speak a language they once knew

33.

give the cold shoulder to

a)

when a person is not wearing a warm enough jacket in cold weather

b)

when a person hurts his/her shoulders playing a sport

c)

to intentionally ignore another person

d)

to not know how to do something

34.

test the waters

a)

to ask the opinions of a group of people before asking them to do something

b)

to put your feet into a body of water to see how cold it is, before going swimming

c)

to sip hot coffee or tea before drinking to make sure it is not too hot

d)

to only prefer to drink clean water

35.

to the letter

a)

to send a letter in the mail, instead of email

b)

when a person writes a lot in order to explain something

c)

when a person does exactly what they are told to do, giving great detail to how they do it

d)

to spell all words correctly

36.

go on a wild goose chase

a)

to search frantically for a toilet when a person has to go to the bathroom

b)

to have gone hunting, but not kill any animals

c)

to search for something that does not exist

d)

to be very naughty to an adult, especially one's parents

37.

give it a shot

a)

to shoot something, as in a bow and arrow or a gun

b)

to give something cheap to someone else, as a present

c)

to make an attempt to do something

d)

to help someone fix something

38.

hold your horses

a)

to stay or wait instead of doing something or going somewhere

b)

to stop a horse from continuing on

c)

to keep something instead of giving it away as present

d)

to not try to do something, as in being a coward

39.

see eye to eye

a)

when a person views an idea or opinion the same way as someone else

b)

to be the same height as someone

c)

to be able to see very well, to have great vision

d)

to understand a difficult topic someone has just explained

40.

the best of both worlds

a)

to enjoy looking at the starts at night

b)

a person who has traveled around the world a lot

c)

a person who enjoys two very different things at the same time

d)

to be the best at something

41.

speak of the devil

a)

to dream about doing something very bad

b)

to swear, or use very bad words

c)

to make a big mistake

d)

to be speaking about a person, and then that person suddenly shows up in person

42.

butterflies in a person's stomach

a)

when a person feels like they have to vomit

b)

when a person is very nervous

c)

when a person dreams about flying

d)

when a person is very weak, because of sickness

43.

under the weather

a)

when there is a lot of rain in the forecast

b)

when someone is very tired

c)

when a person is feeling sick

d)

when rain forces a person to cancel their plans

44.

pull someone's leg

a)

when someone is very strong

b)

to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with that person

c)

to hurt someone by pulling too hard on their legs

d)

to bully someone by calling them very mean names

45.

make a story short

a)

to tell a lie

b)

when a person summarizes something they want to say

c)

to make up a story so as to entertain a group of people

d)

a person who is very good at telling stories