Quiz: What Do These Idioms Mean?
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An idiom is an expression or a group of words that have a symbolic meaning, sometimes even literal meaning. Idioms make the context of speech more productive than it could be in a simple- easy way. So, here we have got you a trivia on the same, it consists of more than twenty questions, and you have to face each.
- 1.You look a little down in the dumps.
- A.
You are looking down.
- B.
You look a little bit angry.
- C.
You look sad.
- D.
You look great.
- 2.He comes across as a military commander.
- A.
He acts like a military commander.
- B.
He is a military commander.
- C.
He wants to join the military.
- D.
He is coming to a military base.
- 3.Just cheer up and stick with a positive attitude.
- A.
Feel better and get a positivity stick.
- B.
Smile upwards and maintain a positive attitude.
- C.
Think "up" and get a sticky attitude.
- D.
Feel better and maintain positive thoughts.
- 4.He makes me feel like everything is over my head.
- A.
He makes me feel like things are on my head.
- B.
He makes me feel like I cannot understand anything.
- C.
He makes me feel the sky, the trees and other large things.
- D.
He makes me feel my head, which is embarrassing.
- 5.It has been one thing after another lately.
- A.
Things have been happening lately.
- B.
If one more thing happens, it will happen too late.
- C.
Many great things have been happening.
- D.
Things have happened close together in time.
- 6.Maybe it will even change my luck, knock on wood.
- A.
Maybe it will change my luck and someone's knocking.
- B.
Maybe it will change my luck if I knock on the door.
- C.
Maybe it will change my luck. I knock on wood to give myself luck.
- D.
Maybe it will even change my luck if I knock on wood as much as I can.
- 7.Please give it a rest.
- A.
Please stop talking about that topic.
- B.
Please lay down.
- C.
Please stop talking and lay down.
- D.
Please pull out the futon.
- 8.I think I stand a change of getting that job.
- A.
I think I'll wait in line for that job.
- B.
I think many people are waiting in line for that job, and I'll wait too.
- C.
I think I might get that job.
- D.
I think I'll stand and think about the job.
- 9.I'm sticking to the new diet.
- A.
I'm on a new diet of sticky rice.
- B.
I'm on a new diet of only sticky foods.
- C.
I'm sticking to the kitchen counter.
- D.
I'm obeying the new diet.
- 10.This weather leaves a lot to be desired.
- A.
This weather is gloomy.
- B.
I don't like this weather.
- C.
This weather is rainy.
- D.
This weather is cloudy.
- 11.We need to get our ducks in a row.
- A.
We need to get some ducks and line them up.
- B.
We need to hurry up, like ducks flying.
- C.
We need to get organized.
- D.
We need to position our ducks.
- 12.Thanks for taking a rain check.
- A.
Thanks for agreeing to postpone our appointment.
- B.
Thanks for agreeing to meet, even though it's raining.
- C.
Thanks for meeting me on such a rainy day.
- D.
Thanks for writing me a check while it's raining.
- 13.For the record, I think two of our people aren't pulling their weight.
- A.
For the recorded video session, I think two of our people need to gain weight.
- B.
In my opinion, two of our people need to do some weight lifting.
- C.
In my opinion, two of our people need to loose a lot of weight.
- D.
In my opinion, two of our people are not doing their fair share of work.
- 14.We don't want our team to come under fire.
- A.
We don't want our team to get public criticism.
- B.
We don't want our team to get destroyed.
- C.
We don't want our team to get assaulted.
- D.
We don't want our team to die in smoke and flames.
- 15.Let's make the rounds and then choose our table.
- A.
Let's walk around the room and then choose our table.
- B.
Let's walk in a circle and then choose our table.
- C.
Let's talk, walk and choose our table.
- D.
Let's talk to all the people we need to meet, then choose our table.
- 16.I'd like to help save your project, but my hands are tied.
- A.
I'd like to help save your project, but my hands are tied behind my back.
- B.
I'd like to help save your project, but my hands are tied together.
- C.
I'd like to help save your project, but my hands are tied psychologically.
- D.
I'd like to help save your project, but I can do nothing.
- 17.My friend and I are going to hit the road this summer.
- A.
My friend and I are going to help repair the road.
- B.
My friend and I are going to travel from town to town this summer.
- C.
My friend and I are going on a long walk this summer.
- D.
My friend and I are going to beat the road with sticks in order to repair it.
- 18.We've worked out the kinks and we're ready to step up to the plate.
- A.
We've worked out the kinesthetic method and we're ready to bat in a baseball game.
- B.
We're worked out our problems and we're ready to get started.
- C.
We've worked out our problems and we're ready to bat in a baseball game.
- D.
We've taken muscle relaxers and we're ready for baseball.
- 19.If you don't give something a shot, how can you know if you would have been successful?
- A.
If you don't try, how can you know if you would have been successful?
- B.
If you cannot shoot a gun, how can you know if you would have been successful?
- C.
If you cannot get a shot in the arm, how can you know if you would have been successful?
- D.
If you cannot get shot, how can you know if you would have been successful?
- 20.For crying out loud!
- A.
I am crying!
- B.
I am crazy!
- C.
I am frustrated!
- D.
I am seriously depressed!
- 21.When pigs fly!
- A.
That will never happen!
- B.
That will happen when extraordinary events begin to occur, such as pigs taking flight.
- C.
You're a pig and you need to leave!
- D.
You're awful and you need to get out!
- 22.I won't beat around the bush.
- A.
I won't walk around a bush.
- B.
I won't avoid the subject.
- C.
I won't avoid the bush.
- D.
I won't beat the bush, only around it.
- 23.You and what army!
- A.
What army is behind you?
- B.
You will need an army's assistance.
- C.
You better call the army.
- D.
That's impossible!
- 24.Wow, it's raining cats and dogs outside!
- A.
It's raining right now!
- B.
It's raining and the cats and dogs are out!
- C.
I see cats, dogs and rain!
- D.
It's raining very hard!
- 25.His bark is worse than his bite.
- A.
He acts like a dog to make people angry.
- B.
He yells at everybody and does mean things.
- C.
He yells, but he does not do mean things.
- D.
He barks like a dog and bites people. He needs to be locked up.
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