Idioms Quiz - 15

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:
It is time to (finish) the job so we can return home.

a. wink at

b. work out

c. wind up

d. wipe off

2. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
"(What have you been doing?)," I said to my partner at work.

a. What's keeping you?

b. What's the big idea?

c. What have you been up to?

d. What are you driving at?

3. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
We went on a (search with no results) after we were told about the cheap apartment to rent.

a. wet blanket

b. wild goose chase

c. white elephant

d. wait-and-see attitude

4. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My interest in basketball seems to (increase and decrease) every season.

a. whoop it up

b. wax and wane

c. warm the bench

d. work wonders

5. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The boy could not (solve) the mathematics problem.

a. water down

b. work out

c. wind up

d. wear out

6. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
You will only (waste your time) if you try and talk to my friend because he never listens.

a. wash your hands of him

b. waste your breath

c. win him over

d. wheel and deal

7. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I always (watch my backpack very carefully) when I am downtown.

a. watch my step with my backpack

b. walk a tightrope with my backpack

c. weasel out of my backpack

d. watch my backpack like a hawk

8. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My coworker has begun to (change his attitude) about the new company policy.

a. whistle a different tune

b. watch his P`s and Q`s