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ELL QUIZ ON IDIOMS

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of Herculean Task

a)

An extremely difficult task

b)

something that will never happen

c)

worried or exited about something

2.

What is the meaning of a nose for something

a)

to annoy or irritate someone

b)

Looking at the wrong place or accusing the wrong person

c)

to have a natural ability to find or recognize something

3.

What is the meaning of On Pins and Needles

a)

Worried or exited about something

b)

an extremely difficult task

c)

to have a natural ability to find or recognize something

4.

What is the meaning of Bite the Bullet

a)

to do or accept something difficult or unpleasant

b)

looking at the wrong person

c)

to annoy or irritate someone

5.

what is the meaning of rock and a hard place

a)

to tell honestly what you think or what you plan to do

b)

Make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant

6.

What is the meaning of Put your cards on the table

a)

to tell honestly what you think or what you plan to do

b)

Make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant

7.

What is the meaning of See eye to eye

a)

To not agree with someone

b)

To agree with someone

c)

To take credit for something that someone else did

8.

What is the meaning of Steal Someone`s Thunder

a)

to waste time trying to do something that will not succeed

b)

to fail spectacularly , to end suddenly and completely

c)

to do everything you can to achieve something

d)

To take credit for something that someone else did

9.

What is the meaning of Flog a dead horse

a)

to waste time trying to do something that will not succeed

b)

to fail spectacularly , to end suddenly and completely

c)

to do everything you can to achieve something

d)

to agree with someone

10.

What is the meaning of to move heaven and earth

a)

an extremely difficult task

b)

to fail spectacularly , to end suddenly and completely

c)

to do everything you can to achieve something

d)

something that will never happen

11.

What is the meaning of when pigs fly

a)

to waste time trying to do something that will not succeed

b)

something that will never happen

c)

To take credit for something that someone else did

d)

to do everything you can to achieve something