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Idioms Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Deer in headlights

a)

to be calm

b)

to be startled

c)

to go hunting

d)

to slam on the brakes

2.

in hot water

a)

to take a bath

b)

to boil water

c)

to stay out of trouble

d)

to be in trouble

3.

bite your head off

a)

to compliment you

b)

to yell at you

c)

to bite into your sandwich

d)

to tell you to go away

4.

go fly a kite

a)

spend a day at the park

b)

spend a day at the beach

c)

tell someone to leave you alone

d)

tell someone to help out

5.

icing on the cake

a)

to visit a bakery

b)

to enjoy sweets

c)

a bad thing ruining a good situation

d)

a good thing added to make something better

6.

walking on thin ice

a)

go ice skating

b)

figure skate in a competition

c)

move quickly

d)

in a dangerous situation

7.

On top of the world

a)

extremely happy

b)

travel to the North Pole

c)

able to get the job done

d)

able to do many things at once

8.

cat got your tongue

a)

cat playing with your sneakers

b)

cat playing with your face

c)

unable to speak from surprise

d)

unable to find the cat

9.

rubbing salt in a wound

a)

a treatment to help you heal faster

b)

preserving peace

c)

adding an insult to injury

d)

cleaning a cut to prevent infection

10.

on cloud nine

a)

flying in a plane

b)

to be annoyed

c)

to be sad

d)

to be very happy

11.

thrown for a loop

a)

go to a theme park

b)

ride a roller coaster

c)

be confused

d)

be excited

12.

put your foot in your mouth

a)

stretch

b)

be flexible

c)

stop yourself from saying the wrong thing

d)

saying the wrong thing

13.

let the cat out of the bag

a)

rescue an abandoned kitten

b)

surprise someone

c)

tell a secret

d)

make someone angry

14.

open a can of worms

a)

time to go fishing

b)

look for bait

c)

accidentally make more problems

d)

have a string of bad luck

15.

caught red handed

a)

seen doing something wrong

b)

found painting a picture

c)

to be pulling weeds in a garden

d)

spent too much money