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English Idioms

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When we say that something happens ____________, what we mean is that it happens very rarely.

a)

a bird eye view

b)

ups and downs

c)

something is beside the point

d)

once in a blue moon

2.

It’s been ___________ for two days and now there some flooding in the coastal areas

a)

raining cats and dogs

b)

ups and downs

c)

beating the clock

d)

keeping something under my hats

3.

From the plane we had ___________ of London.

a)

to keep something under our hats

b)

a white elephant

c)

a bird eye view

d)

rain or shine

4.

If you__________, you do not tell anyone else about it.

a)

beat the clock

b)

have a white elephant

c)

keep something under your hats

d)

have something that is beside the point

5.

Our consciousness gradually becomes untouched by the ____________ of life and eventually we achieve uninterrupted happiness.

a)

ups and downs

b)

rain or shine

c)

bird eye view

d)

cats and dogs

6.

If someone is making an argument and you understood that argument but came up with a different conclusion, then your conclusion is ______________.

a)

beating the clock

b)

a white elephant

c)

a bird eye view

d)

beside the point

7.

No matter what the circumstances, as in we promised we would finish the project tomorrow, __________.

a)

cats and dogs

b)

rain or shine

c)

ups and downs

d)

a white elephant

8.

Mark tried ___________ to work this morning, but he failed and arrived late.

a)

to be in sb's shoes

b)

to beat the clock

c)

to keep something under his hat

d)

to beat around the bush

9.

As such, the film stands as a beautiful ___________ , a flagrant waste of time and resources.

a)

white elephant

b)

bird eye view

c)

rain or shine

d)

cats and dogs

10.

to be in a situation, usually a bad or difficult situation, that another person is in

a)

to keep something under my hats

b)

to beat the clock

c)

to beat around the bush

d)

to be in sb's shoes

11.

What is the idiom that has the meaning of 'no matter what happens'?

(a)