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 school decided to (stop) using computers in the lower grades.

a. do away with

b. do a job on

c. double up on

d. drag on

2. 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

3. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
It will (relax him) if he goes to the beach for the weekend.

a. do him good

b. darken his door

c. dance to a different tune

d. drag his feet

4. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My mother was (dressed in) her best dress to go to the ceremony.

a. day in and day out in

b. decked out in

c. dead ahead in

d. done for

5. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My friend always tries to (do as well as he can) on his exams.

a. do something rash

b. drop everything

c. do a land-office business

d. do his best

6. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The girl's mother gave her (a scolding) when she returned home late from school.

a. every other

b. an earful

c. an eagle eye

d. either feast or famine

7. 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

8. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I find it difficult to (understand) what the man wants to say.

a. figure out

b. fire away at

c. fan the flames of

d. fly in the face of

9. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
Please (check) the figures again before you pay the money.

a. divide and conquer

b. double-check

c. do a snow job on

d. do justice to

10. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
We go to that restaurant (sometimes) but not very often.

a. early on

b. every so often

c. every which way

d. every time I turn around

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