WorksheetsIdioms and Figurative Language
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Just hold your horses, Bill! Let's think about this for a moment.
What does hold your horses means?
tie your horses before they escape
do not sell your horses
slow down, stop and think about what you are doing
make the horse sleep
What does hang in there means?
gave someone good luck
don't give up, keep trying
hang yourself from the ceiling
hang your clothes
I don't want to ask the question, but it is the big elephant in the room.
What does elephant in the room means?
Rooms full of elephants
A large project that needs to be completed immediately
Large elephant in the house
A large obvious issue or problem that people are avoiding
What does the idiom cat is out of the bag means?
Cat inside a bag escaped outside
Secret has been revealed
Cats are meant to be kept out of the bag for safety
Bag is kept at a place where cats cannot access it
Last week, Will was under the weather most of the time due to bad weather.
What does to be under weather means?
To be sad
To be sick
To be happy
To be quiet
Justin was always hesistant to learn Japanese language. But, after few years, he started learning the language, and liked it a lot.
His father, seeing the progress, happily said, "Better late than never!"
What does the idiom Better late than never means?
It is better to never do something than doing late.
Even if a situation appears good, there is some bad to it.
It is better to do something late than not do it at all.
It is good to study Japanese language late than early.
What does hit the sack means?
go to bed
kick the sack with legs
hit yourself hard
bad luck
