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MEANING OF IDIOMS

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Apple of my eye" MEANS?

a)

To ignore or be unfriendly.

b)

To be nervous about something.

c)

Someone that is very special.

d)

To share information that complicates the situation.

2.

“To cry over spilt milk" MEANS?

a)

Someone that is very special.

b)

To be upset about something that can't be changed.

c)

Means to be nervous about something.

d)

To ignore or be unfriendly.

3.

"I have a frog in my throat" MEANS?

a)

To be unable to use your voice.

b)

To listen attentively.

c)

To be day dreaming and not concentrating.

d)

To slow down when going too fast, or to wait a moment, or to be more careful.

4.

“To feel like a fish out of water” MEANS?

a)

To slow down when going too fast, or to wait a moment, or to be more careful.

b)

To be in an uncomfortable situation that you are not used to.

c)

To be day dreaming and not concentrating.

d)

To be unable to use your voice.

5.

We are all “in the same boat" MEANS?

a)

To tread lightly so that you don’t upset someone.

b)

That time goes very quickly.

c)

That something will never happen.

d)

To share the same unfortunate situation as another person.

6.

To be "all ears" MEANS?

a)

To be unable to use your voice

b)

To slow down when going too fast, or to wait a moment, or to be more careful.

c)

To listen attentively.

d)

To be day dreaming and not concentrating.

7.

"Walking on eggshells" MEANS?

a)

To be extremely ill or sick.

b)

To tread lightly so that you don’t upset someone.

c)

That something will never happen.

d)

Something was very easy to do.

8.

"When pigs fly" MEANS?

a)

Something was very easy to do.

b)

To be extremely ill or sick.

c)

That time goes very quickly.

d)

That something will never happen.

9.

“Butterflies in my stomach" MEANS?

a)

To be nervous about something.

b)

To ignore or be unfriendly.

c)

To share information that complicates the situation.

d)

To be upset about something that can't be changed.

10.

"Time flies” MEANS?

a)

That something will never happen.

b)

That time goes very quickly.

c)

To be extremely ill or sick.

d)

Something was very easy to do.

11.

"To hold your horses" MEANS?

a)

To be in an uncomfortable situation that you are not used to.

b)

To be unable to use your voice.

c)

To be day dreaming and not concentrating.

d)

To slow down when going too fast, or to wait a moment, or to be more careful.

12.

“To have your head in the clouds"MEANS?

a)

To be day dreaming and not concentrating.

b)

To slow down when going too fast, or to wait a moment, or to be more careful.

c)

To listen attentively.

d)

To be unable to use your voice.

13.

To be "sick as a dog” MEANS?

a)

To tread lightly so that you don’t upset someone.

b)

That time goes very quickly.

c)

To be extremely ill or sick.

d)

To share the same unfortunate situation as another person.

14.

That was a "piece of cake" MEANS?

a)

Something was very easy to do.

b)

To share information that complicates the situation.

c)

Someone that is very special.

d)

To be nervous about something.

15.

"Open a can of worms" MEANS?

a)

To share information that complicates the situation.

b)

To ignore or be unfriendly.

c)

To be nervous about something.

d)

Someone that is very special.

16.

Giving someone the "cold shoulder" MEANS?

a)

That time goes very quickly.

b)

To ignore or be unfriendly.

c)

To be extremely ill or sick.

d)

Something was very easy to do.