WorksheetsWorksheet Extraction
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Choose the appropriate idiom to fill in the blank in “.......... will go gracefully.”
A frightened person will even move the fuel
Like tumbleweed chased by the wind
So busy there’s no time to pick up a fallen hat
A lariat horse when eating and drinking
Put one’s fear away in the chest
“Hey, Davaa, what are you babbling about and .......... sitting?” Choose the idiom that best completes the sentence.
Like a mute drum
Buzzing with chatter all over
Opening all seven glands (talking nonstop)
As if one’s mouth were sewn shut
As if one had swallowed water
Choose the idiom that means “to become spirited and lively.”
Eyes open
Open one’s eyes (wake up)
Eyes are refreshed
Eyes ache
Catch the eye
“Bathed in moonlight, I headed to the concert, counted the stars like a melody from my head, and melted into the boundlessness of the universe.” Choose the idiom closest in meaning to the emphasized idea.
Move the dust of the world
One’s heart leaps
Sway one’s head
Overflow into the sky
Lose the sky (faint)
Choose the idiom that best matches the meaning “intimate; close.”
Countable on one’s fingers (few)
So close that a needle cannot fit
A wary moose
A wind fan
At one’s hand’s mercy
“...feeling the gaze of the stern mother‑in‑law staring, my tender chest...” If the emphasized word is replaced with an idiom, which fits best?
Wrap fear in the skin
Lose heart
Have one’s heart jump to the mouth
Have heart flutter
Show courage (bring out one’s heart)
Find the four idioms that are closest in meaning (select all that apply).
In through the right ear, out through the left ear
It makes me laugh; you catch a cold
A brave man is wounded in front; a coward behind
Delivered from guilt; freed from misfortune
Even a man with a silky mane vomits at it; even a man with creamy mane is disgusted
In the sentence “The armored old woman protected my queen Börte by hiding her whole body and soul in the cart,” if you replace the emphasized idea with an idiom, which option does not fit?
Show courage (bring out one’s heart)
With wholehearted devotion
Strive as if giving one’s life
Think only of one’s own head
Not sparing one’s own life
Find the idiom that contains antonyms within it.
When rising it strengthens the door; when declining it does not even cross the threshold
Leaves need the sun; life’s joy comes from work
If you go playing, you will have life’s joy; if you smile, you will have a day’s joy
Put your head into the cauldron; put your snout into the pot (meddle where you shouldn’t)
Remove the filth; balance the brown (separate the bad from the good)
Complete the idiom with a word meaning “hard; difficult.” In the phrase “In the hollow of the palm .................” choose the best completion.
to pinch
to block
to swallow
to cut off
to wear
Choose the best completion. “They were fearfully .......... brothers. People even called them stingy.”
soft‑handed
loose‑handed
good‑handed
tight‑handed
skillful‑handed
Complete the idiom that means “impossible; won’t work.” “To full and felt with a hedge’s .......... .”
blade
cashmere
claw
down
fox
Choose the best completion. “In the evening it’s beautiful to see a family’s light. For a foal and a horse, it is beautiful when the ..................... .”
to find one’s footing
to lose footing
to move in step
to feel light‑footed
feet don’t touch the ground
