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C Level Spring Idioms Set 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you __________, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done.

a)

look before you leap

b)

burn the candle at both ends

c)

strike while the iron is hot

d)

take a look in the mirror sometimes

2.

She is convinced the men are brothers. She said: `It was uncanny. They were __________.'

a)

why the long face?

b)

take a look in the mirror sometimes

c)

no sooner said than done

d)

like two peas in a pod

3.

__________ is used to say that you will do something immediately.

a)

Burn the candle at both ends

b)

That is a weight off my mind

c)

No sooner said than done

d)

Please don’t be mad at me

4.

The Government needs to _______ into throwing huge amounts of money at individual projects.

a)

look before it leaps

b)

hold off

c)

take turns

d)

take a look in the mirror sometimes

5.

______ means to take advantage of an opportunity as soon as it exists, in case the opportunity goes away and does not return.

a)

Hold off

b)

Why the long face

c)

Strike while the iron is hot

d)

Call for something

6.

They ______ an investigation into how the investments were made and who is responsible.

a)

called for

b)

took turns

c)

picked out

d)

got over

7.

Since there is only one horse, Beth and Amanda are ________ riding.

a)

looking before they leap

b)

striking while the iron is hot

c)

holding off

d)

taking turns

8.

There are so many great newscasters it's difficult to ____ one ____.

a)

get _ over

b)

pick _ out

c)

take _ turns

d)

hold _ off

9.

It took me a very long time to _______ the shock of her death.

a)

get over

b)

take a look in the mirror sometimes

c)

burn the candle at both ends

d)

call for

10.

They've decided to _____ on buying a car until they're both working.

a)

no sooner said than done

b)

take a look in the mirror sometimes

c)

hold off

d)

take turns

11.

_______, but I stepped on your phone and broke it.

a)

Look before you leap

b)

Please don’t be mad at me

c)

Strike while the iron is hot

d)

That is a weight off my mind

12.

When you ask someone "________" it means "What's your opinion?" or "What side of this debate are you on?"

a)

What do you mean?

b)

Why the long face?

c)

Where do you stay?

d)

Where do you stand on?

13.

_______ means to see yourself bare and flawed. No one is perfect, no one is without sin, so _______ and see all that you are, know the person within.

a)

Strike while the iron is hot

b)

Take a look into the mirror

c)

Look before you leap

d)

Burn the candle at both ends

14.

He came to me with a very ______ and admitted there had been an error.

a)

mad face

b)

burning candle

c)

hot iron

d)

long face

15.

If something is _________, a problem that has been worrying you stops or is dealt with.

a)

like two peas in a pod

b)

a weight off your mind

c)

no sooner said than done

d)

a long face