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Idioms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Apple of someone's eye

a)

useful

b)

very dear

c)

fruitful

d)

attractive

2.

At the drop of a hat

a)

fall down

b)

rare

c)

sleepy

d)

instant

3.

Apple of discord

a)

cause of dispute

b)

false

c)

very hard

d)

dear to someone

4.

Cry over spilt milk

a)

make mistake

b)

complain and worry over past

c)

waste good food

d)

take healthy food

5.

Bell the cat

a)

control the cat

b)

follow the cat

c)

become alert against problem

d)

take on difficult or risky task

6.

A bitter pill

a)

unpleasant fact that one must accept

b)

unpleasant taste that one can avoid

c)

food that is not tasty

d)

medicine is always bitter

7.

To have an axe to grind

a)

to have no result

b)

to fail to arouse interest

c)

to have a private agenda

d)

to work for both sides

8.

A wild goose chase

a)

very fast

b)

become angry

c)

chase of criminal

d)

futile effort

9.

Flash and blood

a)

savage

b)

human nature

c)

killing act

d)

relative

10.

At sixes and sevens

a)

calculative

b)

at the height of something

c)

having bad relation

d)

in disorder

11.

A queer fish

a)

an unknown person

b)

a useful person

c)

a strange person

d)

a unique person

12.

To get the feet cold

a)

to walk in ice

b)

to be nervous

c)

to have cold in body

d)

to have sickness/illness

13.

Call a spade a spade

a)

be outspoken

b)

working hard

c)

call somebody for work

d)

work for people without any help

14.

A daylight robbery

a)

an act of crime in light

b)

charging high price

c)

selection of a day for crime

d)

not helping anyone for a good job

15.

To cut the corners

a)

to do something badly for saving money

b)

to do something with perfection

c)

to do something to prove mastery

d)

to cut a thing to make it round