WorksheetsP5 Term 2 - Idioms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
To have butterflies in your stomach means to be ...
angry
sad
nervous
frustrated
A 'smart alec' is a person who ...
is very intelligent
is very diligent
tries hard to annoy others
tries to appear smart or answers questions in ways that annoy others
A person living on borrowed time is expected to ...
continue to struggle
continue to exist longer than expected
waste time doing unnecessary things
use time wisely
To be pressed for time means to be ...
on time
out of time
punctual
in a hurry
When something is done in record time, it is done ...
very quickly, or in the fastest time recorded
in an amount of time that is considered long
very slowly as the task is difficult
very carefully as the task is dangerous
When you are dressed to the nines, you are ...
wearing old-fashioned clothes
overdressed
wearing fashionable or formal clothes for a special occasion
not dressed appropriately for an occasion
When you blow your own trumpet, you ...
solve your own problems
always ask others for help
boast about how good or successful you are
speak loudly to others
When you burn the midnight oil, you ...
are living in a bad state
have a dangerous occupation
do things only when it is too late
work late in the night
When you turn a deaf ear to something said, you ...
have difficulty understanding others
ignore what others are saying
cannot hear what is said
listen only to yourself
If you are on thin ice, you are ...
in a precarious or delicate situation
feeling very cold
feeling very nervous
in a bad state of health
