WorksheetsCommon Idioms
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 7mins
Under the weather
Energetic
Happy
Sad
Sick
let someone off the hook.
Get taken to jail
Get out of trouble
Help someone get down
Do a favor for someone
Couch Potato
Lazy
Watching Tv
Eating potato chips
Feeling tired
Cat got your tongue?
Confused
Why aren't you talking?
Doggy Bag
Toothache
Hold your horses
In trouble
Holding my horse still
Wait a minute
Take your time
Teacher's Pet
Teacher's favorite student
Teacher's favorite project
The class hamster
Teacher's favorite class
When pigs fly
Something impossible
Getting high quality bacon
Flying high
Soon, but not today
I'm all ears
A bunch of ears
You have my full attention
Full of noise
I'm waiting for your answer
Piece of Cake
Something easy
Something sweet
Something soft
A special treat
Butterflies in my stomach.
Sick
Hungry
Mad
Nervous
On top of the world
excited
upset
disappointed
confused
Talking a mile a minute
Talking in a jumbled way
Talking slowly
Talking fast
Talking easily
Raining cats and dogs
It's been raining all day.
It's raining very hard.
There is a light rain.
There are scattered thunderstorms.
Cost an arm and a leg
Something is expensive
Something is mismatched
Something is dangerous
Something is cheap
get into hot water
Get into trouble
Get warm
Take a hot bath
Stay healthy
Born with a silver spoon in their mouth
Born to a rich family
Born hungry
Born with teeth
Born crying
Put your foot in your mouth
To be flexible
To say something embarrassing
To be very hungry
To give the wrong answer
In the doghouse
To sit in a doghouse.
To be happy with something
To get rewarded for something
To be in trouble
Out of the blue
To come out of the sky
An expected event
To happen suddenly or unexpectedly
To happen at the last minute
Cross that bridge when we come to it
Deal with a problem right away
Wait to deal with a problem when it happens.
To walk over a bridge.
Plan for a problem or issue
Get a grip
To get ready for a problem
To hold something tightly
To calm down and get in control
To remain firm in your beliefs
(Things are) getting out of hand
Something is good luck
Something becoming is boring
The situation is out of control
The problem is going away
Something that is not clear or undefined is...
Green with envy
A green thumb
A gray area
Out of the blue
Something that rarely happens is
"once in a blue moon"
"a purple butterfly"
"a full moon"
"a winner"
let the cat out of the bag
To tell a secret or spoiled a surprise
To tell a lie
To tell the truth
To say bad things about someone
What does it mean if you were complaining about a friend and your mom told you to "cut her some slack"?
She wants you to be less critical.
She wants you to cut off contact.
She wants you to agree with her.
She wants you to be harder on her.
What does it mean if you are asked to "give someone the benefit of the doubt"?
Work harder to help someone.
Trust what someone says.
Agree with someone.
Don't give up on someone.
What does it mean if something is "a blessing in disguise"?
Something is common.
Something is secretly good luck.
Something seems bad at first but turns out to be good.
Something that needs to be done again.
What does it mean if you call someone "a dime a dozen"?
You are calling them unique.
You are calling them beautiful.
You are calling them common.
You are calling them interesting.
What does it mean if someone tells you to stop "beating around the bush"?
They want you to be straight forward and honest.
They want you to lie to them.
They want you to emphasize a point.
They want you to stop talking.
If someone tells you to "pull yourself together" they want you to...
Calm down.
Go to sleep.
Start over.
Don't give up.
When you "wrap your head around something" it means...
You misunderstand something.
You understand something complicated.
You try to understand something.
You cannot understand something.
What does "burn the candle on both ends" mean?
Working too many hours without a break
It is raining very hard.
You feel very happy
You're in big trouble
What does "like finding a needle in the haystack" mean?
looking for something small in a huge space
sometimes it is easier to understand a picture than a description
listening intently
Everything is going your way
What does "take the bull by the horns" mean?
Face the problem and take control of it.
To act restless or impatiently.
Try to get out of trouble.
It is raining very hard.
I've never really enjoyed going to the ballet or the opera; they're not really my _______
piece of cake
sweets and candy
biscuit
cup of tea
strike while the iron is hot
to take action at the best possible time
to make a tool from metal
to hit a baseball
to refuse to work during extreme temperatures
Which idiom means to be very busy or occupied?
to have a full schedule
to have a lot on one's plate
to have nothing to do
to be twiddling one's thumbs
What does the idiom 'hit the nail on the head' mean?
To avoid making a mistake
To accurately or precisely describe or identify something.
To hit someone with a nail
To miss the point completely
What does "To learn something by heart" mean?
To understand something deeply
To memorize something completely
To forget something quickly
To write something down
