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Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

Choose the appropriate idiom to fill in the blank in “.......... will go gracefully.”

a)

A frightened person will even move the fuel

b)

Like tumbleweed chased by the wind

c)

So busy there’s no time to pick up a fallen hat

d)

A lariat horse when eating and drinking

e)

Put one’s fear away in the chest

2.

“Hey, Davaa, what are you babbling about and .......... sitting?” Choose the idiom that best completes the sentence.

a)

Like a mute drum

b)

Buzzing with chatter all over

c)

Opening all seven glands (talking nonstop)

d)

As if one’s mouth were sewn shut

e)

As if one had swallowed water

3.

Choose the idiom that means “to become spirited and lively.”

a)

Eyes open

b)

Open one’s eyes (wake up)

c)

Eyes are refreshed

d)

Eyes ache

e)

Catch the eye

4.

“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.

a)

Move the dust of the world

b)

One’s heart leaps

c)

Sway one’s head

d)

Overflow into the sky

e)

Lose the sky (faint)

5.

Choose the idiom that best matches the meaning “intimate; close.”

a)

Countable on one’s fingers (few)

b)

So close that a needle cannot fit

c)

A wary moose

d)

A wind fan

e)

At one’s hand’s mercy

6.

“...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?

a)

Wrap fear in the skin

b)

Lose heart

c)

Have one’s heart jump to the mouth

d)

Have heart flutter

e)

Show courage (bring out one’s heart)

7.

Find the four idioms that are closest in meaning (select all that apply).

a)

In through the right ear, out through the left ear

b)

It makes me laugh; you catch a cold

c)

A brave man is wounded in front; a coward behind

d)

Delivered from guilt; freed from misfortune

e)

Even a man with a silky mane vomits at it; even a man with creamy mane is disgusted

8.

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?

a)

Show courage (bring out one’s heart)

b)

With wholehearted devotion

c)

Strive as if giving one’s life

d)

Think only of one’s own head

e)

Not sparing one’s own life

9.

Find the idiom that contains antonyms within it.

a)

When rising it strengthens the door; when declining it does not even cross the threshold

b)

Leaves need the sun; life’s joy comes from work

c)

If you go playing, you will have life’s joy; if you smile, you will have a day’s joy

d)

Put your head into the cauldron; put your snout into the pot (meddle where you shouldn’t)

e)

Remove the filth; balance the brown (separate the bad from the good)

10.

Complete the idiom with a word meaning “hard; difficult.” In the phrase “In the hollow of the palm .................” choose the best completion.

a)

to pinch

b)

to block

c)

to swallow

d)

to cut off

e)

to wear

11.

Choose the best completion. “They were fearfully .......... brothers. People even called them stingy.”

a)

soft‑handed

b)

loose‑handed

c)

good‑handed

d)

tight‑handed

e)

skillful‑handed

12.

Complete the idiom that means “impossible; won’t work.” “To full and felt with a hedge’s .......... .”

a)

blade

b)

cashmere

c)

claw

d)

down

e)

fox

13.

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 ..................... .”

a)

to find one’s footing

b)

to lose footing

c)

to move in step

d)

to feel light‑footed

e)

feet don’t touch the ground