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idioms

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Carla put her foot in her mouth" really means

a)

she said something embarrising

b)

Carla ate a snack

c)

Carla take yoga classes

d)

she is hungry

2.

what does "piece of cake" means

a)

very easy

b)

desire for a piece of the huge cake.

c)

being lazy

3.

what does " birds of a feather flock together "means

a)

go away and stop bothering me

b)

people do same things at the same time

c)

a barrel of laughs, a lot of fun

d)

birds do this

4.

what does " in the dog house " mean

a)

listening intently

b)

it is raining very hard

c)

everything is going your way

d)

you are in big trouble

5.

"go fly a kite" means

a)

go away and stop bothering me

b)

you feel that you need to spend your money at once

c)

fast pace, busy schedule, usually associated with living and working in the city

6.

"he likes to toot his own horn" means

a)

he plays in a band

b)

he talks loudly

c)

he brags all the time

7.

get something of your chest

a)

to be happy

b)

to come up with a great idea

c)

to share something that is bothering or upsetting you

d)

to have difficulty in breathing

8.

which idiom goes best with this sentence?

I have a problem

a)

I am in a pickle

b)

I am getting a halt

c)

don't put all eggs in the same basket

9.

which idiom goes best with this sentence?

I am tired " let's go to bed"

a)

let's hit the hay

b)

he tried not to "make waves"

c)

stuck between a rock and a hard place

10.

he is one " tough cookie"

a)

he works hard

b)

he likes cookies

c)

he eats a lot of cookies

11.

he was "born with a silver spoon in his mouth"

a)

he was born in a rich family

b)

he was born with teeth

c)

he was hungry

d)

the spoon was born with the baby

12.

"Got the world by a string "means

a)

you feel very happy and confident

b)

you are in big trouble

c)

listening intently

d)

every thing is going your way

13.

"like finding a needle in a haystack "means

a)

looking for small thing in a huge space

b)

everything is going your way

c)

sometimes it is a easy to understand picture than a discription

d)

listening intently

14.

That knocked my socks off

a)

That hit me really hard

b)

That was amazing

c)

My socks were loose on my feet.

15.

Their in hot water

a)

Their in the deserts

b)

Their in trouble

c)

They are burning up in water

16.

My friend is a "pain in the neck"

a)

My friend can be hard to get along with sometimes

b)

my friend went to the hospital

c)

He is having pain

d)

He needs help

17.

I didn't wanted to move to another town, but every cloud has a single lining, I made lot of friend at the school

a)

you can find something good in every bad situation

b)

you can find interesting shapes in every cloud in the sky