WorksheetsIdioms_Review TT1_LI4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Those ads on TV really _______________ for pizza. I even ordered one once, just because of the ad. And I wasn't even hungry!
wet my appetite
whet my appetite
"Why didn't you call me?" "The thought did ______________ while I was shopping this afternoon, but then I forgot all about it."
cross my mind
cross my head
cross my thoughts
If you say that someone is the apple of your eye, you mean that they are…
…very important to you and you are extremely fond of them.
…a disappointment.
…your romantic partner.
If someone does this, they use their authority in order to stop something from happening.
put one’s foot in it
put one’s foot down
Which of the following is an idiom in English referring to an expression that is difficult to understand for the sayer?
It’s all Chinese to me!
It’s all Greek to me!
It's all Martian to me!
It’s all Arabic to me!
“She has the ability to speak confidently in a way that makes people want to listen to her and believe her words. She should work in sales and marketing.” It could be said that…
She has a frog in her throat.
She has the cheek.
She has the gift of the gab.
She beats around the bush.
I couldn't see how I could get home from the station - then I had a __________.
bolt from the blue
brainwave
“John is very immature in judgment. Some people even say that he is too inexperienced for this job.” This means that…
John is yellow.
John is green.
John is orange.
John is brown.
This idiom is used when you are annoyed or shocked at something unreasonable that someone has done.
I can’t believe she has the face to ask me that question in the first place!
I can’t believe she has the cheek to ask me that question in the first place!
I can’t believe she has the guts to ask me that question in the first place!
The idiom “to be over the moon” means that…
Someone is elated about something.
Someone is absent-minded.
Someone is really far away.
Someone is very successful.
Which of the following idioms means “to behave in a way that gives you an advantage or allows you to succeed in something”?
to be big-headed
to keep an eye on something
to be on the cards
to play your cards right
When you worsen a situation, you…
cut somebody dead.
bark up the wrong tree.
go to the dogs.
are caught red-handed.
When something exists but it is not talked about, you can say that it is…
up in the air.
on the air.
on the alert.
a lost cause.
When someone says a tactless comment, it could be said that…
they drive a hard bargain.
they dropped a brick.
they have a bee in their bonnet.
they cooked their goose.
Complete the idiom: “I know I will be in my boss’s ___________ if I speak against him.”
black list
black books
