Idioms Quiz - 04
Idioms Quiz
General English Questions and Answers
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets.
1.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The charity concert (ended) and everyone began to go home.
a.
drew lots
b.
dropped the subject
c.
drew to a close
d.
dried up
2.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My sister is (in serious trouble) with her job.
a.
a dime a dozen
b.
down her alley
c.
down to the wire
d.
in deep water
3.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
(There is something good in every bad thing) and even after I lost my job good things happened.
a.
The early bird catches the worm
b.
There was enough to go around
c.
Every cloud has a silver lining
d.
It was the exception that proves the rule
4.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
Cleaning up their new house will take the couple a lot of (effort and energy).
a.
elbow room
b.
elbow grease
c.
extenuating circumstances
d.
eleventh-hour decisions
5.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
We (finished by) going to a restaurant for a drink after the concert.
a.
explained ourselves by
b.
engaged in small talk by
c.
ended up
d.
escaped notice by
6.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
It is easy to get the supervisor to (do what we want).
a.
enter our mind
b.
explain things away
c.
eat humble pie
d.
eat out of our hands
7.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
If the boy does not study hard he will (fail to keep up with) the other students.
a.
feel out of place with
b.
face down
c.
fall behind
d.
farm out
8.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My sister is (critical of) her daughter's friends.
a.
dropping in on
b.
drumming up
c.
down with
d.
down on
9.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The barking of the dog is (making me crazy).
a.
dancing with death
b.
doomed to failure
c.
driving me up a wall
d.
down-at-the-heels
10.
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The used car that we bought began to (stop working properly) after only three months.
a.
fall on deaf ears
b.
flip out
c.
fall apart
d.
fall out of use
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