Idioms Quiz - 13

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:
My colleague is not a nice person and always (betrays others).

a. stabs people in the back

b. smooths things over

c. slips his mind

d. shoots the breeze

2. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My friend began to (become calm) a few minutes after the argument.

a. simmer down

b. split hairs

c. stand up to someone

d. stick to his guns

3. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The man (was in jail) for robbing a bank.

a. settled down

b. spruced up

c. served time

d. shot the breeze

4. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The new book has been (selling very well) since it was published last month.

a. selling like hotcakes

b. selling itself short

c. swamped

d. straightened up

5. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My friend is always (complaining about) the food in the cafeteria.

a. salting away

b. scraping together

c. seeing through

d. squawking about

6. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
We do not have a hammer but this should (do just as well) until we find one.

a. sink or swim

b. sell like hotcakes

c. serve our purpose

d. send someone packing

7. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
Our boss will never (do anything extra) unless it is beneficial to him.

a. be on the safe side

b. sell like hotcakes

c. sink or swim

d. stick his neck out

8. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I do not like to play tennis with my friend because he is (someone who gets angry when he does not win).

a. a sore loser

b. a square one

c. a snap

d. a song and dance

9. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I (do not like) the man's bad attitude towards work.

a. show up

b. stay away from

c. stand in for

d. am sick and tired of

10. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My friend has (saved) a lot of money from his present job.

a. smacked into

b. salted away

c. shrugged off

d. squawked about

English Test

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5. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 03

6. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 04

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8. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 06

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10. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 08

11. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 09

12. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 10

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14. Synonyms - Test-26

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