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Idioms - advice

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

easy as pie

a)

a person's special burden

b)

refers to the idea of a person who has no idea what they are doing guiding another

c)

something that is really easy to complete

2.

Break a leg

a)

Used to wish someone, such as an actor, success in a performance

b)

a person's special burden

c)

something that is really easy to complete

3.

It’s raining cats and dogs

a)

for a person who gives advice and instructions about what he or she is not responsible for

b)

To rain very heavily

c)

something that is really easy to complete

4.

Don’t be a back seat driver

a)

for a person who gives advice and instructions about what he or she is not responsible for

b)

to be unhappy

c)

Used to wish someone, such as an actor, success in a performance

5.

Don’t be in the dumps

a)

to be unhappy

b)

 very clumsy creature in a delicate situation

c)

a bad day in general

6.

That boy is in the dog house

a)

In trouble for an action that that person has done that is wrong

b)

 refers to the idea of a person who has no idea what they are doing guiding another

c)

To be in great shape

7.

That athlete is as fit as a fiddle

a)

 for a person who gives advice and instructions about what he or she is not responsible for

b)

 to be unhappy about what cannot be undone

c)

To be in great shape

8.

 Don’t cry over spilled milk

a)

to be irritating and a general annoyance to people around

b)

 to be unhappy about what cannot be undone

c)

to be unhappy

9.

My friend is a pain in the neck

a)

to be irritating and a general annoyance to people around

b)

refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image

c)

very clumsy creature in a delicate situation

10.

A picture paints a thousand words

a)

for a person who gives advice and instructions about what he or she is not responsible for

b)

refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image

c)

 refers to something or someone that one cherishes above all others 

11.

Apple of my eye

a)

to be unhappy about what cannot be undone

b)

go back in ones project to a simpler idea so it is understandable for others

c)

 refers to something or someone that one cherishes above all others 

12.

Back to the basics

a)

refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image

b)

go back in ones project to a simpler idea so it is understandable for others

c)

 a bad day in general

13.

Bad hair day

a)

a person's special burden 

b)

to be unhappy

c)

 a bad day in general

14.

Ball and chain

a)

a person's special burden 

b)

refers to the idea of a person who has no idea what they are doing guiding another

c)

to be unhappy about what cannot be undone

15.

Blind leading the blind

a)

refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image

b)

refers to the idea of a person who has no idea what they are doing guiding another

c)

for a person who gives advice and instructions about what he or she is not responsible for

16.

He is like a bull in a China shop.

a)

very clumsy creature in a delicate situation

b)

to be unhappy about what cannot be undone

c)

a person's special burden