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:
We bought a (used) car to use for weekend camping trips.

a. second-hand

b. shaped-up

c. shelled-out

d. second-thought

2. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The woman was (upset) after the car accident.

a. a sitting target

b. a stuffed shirt

c. sitting pretty

d. shook up

3. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The woman finally (returned to normal) after becoming depressed about losing her job.

a. sweated bullets

b. set herself back

c. snapped out of it

d. scraped together

4. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
"Please (wait patiently) while I prepare the material."

a. stick your neck out

b. shrug off

c. sit tight

d. stand a chance

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I (defended) the ideas of my boss during the meeting.

a. stuck up for

b. set back

c. swamped

d. shopped around for

9. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I have not (formed an opinion of) the new man in the accounting department.

a. stayed away from

b. struck while the iron is hot

c. shopped around

d. sized up

10. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
(Suddenly) we became hungry and decided to go to a restaurant.

a. At square one

b. On second thought

c. In seventh heaven

d. On the spur of the moment

English Test

1. Idioms Quiz - 14

2. Idioms Quiz - 15

3. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 01

4. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 02

5. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 03

6. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 04

7. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 05

8. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 06

9. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 07

10. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 08

11. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 09

12. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 10

13. Synonyms - Test-25

14. Synonyms - Test-26

15. Synonyms - Test-27

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17. Antonym Test - 12

18. Antonym Test - 13

19. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 01

20. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 02

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