Idioms Quiz - 02

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 girl suddenly decided to (interrupt) our conversation.

a. buckle down to

b. butt in on

c. bid adieu to

d. bone up on

2. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
You can always (depend on) my friend to lend you the money.

a. buy off

b. bowl over

c. bank on

d. blow off

3. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I was very angry at first but now I have begun to (quiet down).

a. call it a day

b. calm down

c. catch forty winks

d. champ at the bit

4. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
Our teacher always (supports) a student if he or she has a problem.

a. backs down from

b. backs up

c. bails out

d. barges in on

5. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The woman is (waiting) until she hears about the job.

a. blazing a trail

b. breaking a habit

c. biding her time

d. burning the candle at both ends

6. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The little girl is not popular because she always tries to (tell her friends what to do).

a. blow the whistle on her friends

b. blow up at her friends

c. boot out her friends

d. boss around her friends

7. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The company always has their meetings (in secret).

a. back on their feet

b. beyond words

c. by fits and starts

d. behind closed doors

8. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
Every evening during exams we (study until very late at night).

a. burn the midnight oil

b. break the ice

c. bring home the bacon

d. bite the dust

9. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The company's plan to reduce the working hours was (something that we had not heard before).

a. off to a bad start

b. the death of us

c. a new one on us

d. curtains for us

10. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My parents always want to (make a bigger issue of something than it should be).

a. blow the lid off things

b. blow things out of all proportion

c. be a big frog in a small pond

d. bet their bottom dollar