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idioms

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Third time lucky

a)

May mắn sẽ đến ở lần 3

b)

Chúc may mắn lần sau

c)

Thật không may mắn

d)

Lần 3 vẫn trượt

2.

Two's company, three's a crowd

a)

Một công ty có 2 người

b)

Chỉ cần hai người là đủ

c)

Muốn tốt thì cần có 3 người

d)

Hai hay ba đều được

3.

He's nothing to write home about.

a)

Anh ta không nghĩ ra ý tưởng gì để viết

b)

Anh ta không viết thư về nhà

c)

Anh ta chả là cái gì

d)

Anh ta chỉ bình thường thôi

4.

We got on like a house on fire.

a)

Chúng tôi cãi nhau như mổ bò

b)

Chúng tôi cãi nhau như cháy nhà

c)

Chúng tôi thích nhau ngay

d)

Chúng tôi cùng nhau dập lửa

5.

Don't ask her any more questions. She can sit and talk until the ......... come home.

a)

pigs

b)

cows

c)

hens

d)

sheep

6.

I'm retired now. It has given me a new.............

a)

page of life

b)

life

c)

chapter of life

d)

lease of life

7.

Many people like her. She's a real ...........character.

a)

bigger than life

b)

larger than death

c)

larger than life

d)

bigger than death

8.

People like her are like .........

a)

gold dust

b)

golden dust

c)

gold weight

d)

golden weight

9.

We didn't like his idea. It ............ like a lead balloon.

a)

fell down

b)

knocked down

c)

decreased

d)

went down

10.

My mother usually has something ..........

a)

in her mind

b)

in her head

c)

on her mind

d)

on the head

11.

Avery's car is on his last legs.

a)

Ô tô của Avery sắp hỏng

b)

Ô tô của Avery hỏng lốp

c)

Avery sắp bán ô tô của mình

d)

Avery muốn bán ô tô cũ

12.

I can't go out with you although I want to. I'm all at .....

a)

six and seven

b)

sixth and seven

c)

sixes and sevens

d)

sixteen and seventeen

13.

Although he failed the exam twice, he still put on a .......

a)

bold face

b)

cold face

c)

bravery face

d)

brave face

14.

He proposed to her, but she rejected it ............

a)

in her hand

b)

out of hand

c)

out of her hand

d)

off her hand

15.

He's famous for ruling his country with a ......

a)

rod of steel

b)

rod of brass

c)

rod of lead

d)

rod of iron

16.

Don't drive too fast. You're ........ with death.

a)

dicing

b)

playing

c)

going

d)

running

17.

Tôi không thể nhận ra Mary trong bữa tiệc tối qua vì cô ấy trông ốm quá.

a)

I couldn't recognize Mary in the party last night because she looked like death warming up.

b)

I couldn't recognize Mary in the party last night because she looked like death warm up.

c)

I couldn't recognize Mary in the party last night because she looked like death warmed up.

d)

I couldn't recognize Mary in the party last night because she looks like death warmed up.

18.

We're on the home straight now.

a)

Chúng tôi sắp xong rồi

b)

Chúng tôi sắp về nhà

c)

Chúng tôi đi thẳng về nhà

d)

Chúng tôi đang về nhà

19.
Question Image

Match the following.

a)

fire questions at someone

1.

To ask someone a lot of questions quickly.

b)
2.

Something that will never happen

c)
3.

To tell people secret information

d)
4.

To decide that you have finished something

20.

Reorder the following : To embarrass someone by forcing them to answer a difficult question.

a)

Put

b)

somebody

c)

on

d)

the

e)

spot

21.

Reorder the following: To have to make the final point in a discussion or argument.

a)

Insist on

b)

having

c)

the

d)

last

e)

word

22.

Reorder the following: To not stop talking about a particular subject.

a)

Refuse

b)

to

c)

let

d)

something

e)

drop

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
23.

He started talking to her in the hallway

a)

came across as

b)

struck up a conversation

c)

paid him a compliment

d)

took to him

24.

I didn't really like her friends when I met them. (off)

(a)  

25.

Reorder the following: I immediately liked him. TOOK

a)

I

b)

took

c)

to

d)

him

e)

immediately.

26.

Alice commented on how nice his shoes were.

a)

took to him

b)

had a laugh

c)

paid him a compliment

d)

hit it off

27.

We can't go out now, it's raining cats and dogs!

What does the underlined part (phần gạch đỏ) mean?

a)

mưa chó mèo

b)

mưa phùn

c)

mưa như trút nước, xối xả

d)

chó mèo nhảy lộn xộn

28.

"in the same boat" means:

a)

trên cùng 1 con thuyền

b)

trong cùng 1 hoàn cảnh

c)

tại 1 thời điểm giống nhau

d)

đi nhờ con thuyền

29.

"piece of cake" means:

a)

very easy

b)

a piece of cake

c)

i'm hungry

d)

it looks yummy

30.

I'd love to buy a Porsche, but they cost an arm and a leg.

What does the underlined part (phần gạch đỏ) mean?

a)

very cheap

b)

my arm is broken

c)

very expensive

d)

it hurts

31.

A classroom of 20 four-year-old kids can quickly get out of hand. What is the meaning of "get out of hand"?

a)

Get out of control

b)

Understand something complicated

c)

Tease or joke with someone

d)

Agree on something

32.

"My son and his friend are... when they play together."

a)

two peas in a pod

b)

spill the beans

c)

packed like sardines

d)

rain or shine

33.
Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
She memorized something.
a)
You're the apple of my eye.
b)
Knows it by heart
c)
She took me under her wing.
34.

To give a false alarm.

a)

Make a mountain out of a molehill

b)

Crying wolf

c)

Know something backward and forward

d)

Leave well enough alone

35.

to be up in arms about something 

a)

Thử đặt mình vào vị trí/hoàn cảnh của người khác

b)

được ai đó che chở

c)

nằm trong vòng tay ai đó

d)

Tức giận, buồn bực vì điều gì đó

36.

"To make a bad situation worse" means to _____________.

a)

pan out

b)

sit on the fence

c)

blow somebody's mind

d)

add insult to injury

37.

Where is the idioms ?

a)

spliting headache

b)

spllitting headche

c)

spliting headace

d)

splitting headache

38.

Where is the idiom ?

a)

Paint a town read

b)

Paint the town red

c)

Paints a town red

d)

Pay the touwn red

39.

Be in the ____house

a)

pig

b)

bear

c)

wolf

d)

dog

40.

Pay through the ____

a)

blood

b)

head

c)

nose

d)

teeth