Final Test Idioms 1 - 100
Choose the best idioms.
- 1.My friend is ______________ right now. He's having trouble _______________.
- A.
Feeling blue ... with the icing on the cake
- B.
Having a lot on his plate ... pigging out
- C.
Between jobs ... making ends meet
- D.
Cutting the edge ... messing up
- 2.He _____________ all the time because calculus is _______________ to him. But since participation is 30% of the overall grade, he's really ______________.
- A.
Hits the books ... child's play ... messing up
- B.
Shells out ... icing on the cake ... losing his head
- C.
Throws in the towel ... messed up ... giving a run for the money
- D.
Cuts class ... child's play ... out of his mind
- 3.That new employee is so _______________. When the manager's around he ___________________, but as soon as the manager leaves, he starts ________________.
- A.
Two-faced ... pulls his weight ... running behind
- B.
Wise guy ... digs in his heels ... shelling out
- C.
Two-faced ... talks a mile a minute ... pans out
- D.
Wise guy ... gets a kick out of it ... kicks the bucket
- 4.Now that there is a new restaurant opening across the street, we have to make sure that our restaurant is competitive. We need to ________________ and __________________.
- A.
Feel blue ... kick the bucket
- B.
Sell for a song ... let someone go
- C.
Dig in our heels ... give it our best shot
- D.
Learn the ropes ... pig out
- 5.My friend is pregnant, but she is going to work for at least 6 months. Every day, she wakes up _________________, and unfortunately, _______________ on her work team project.
- A.
With a guilt trip ... she throws in the towel
- B.
Not feeling so hot ... the ball is in her court
- C.
Hitting the books ... pigs out
- D.
Losing her head ... learns the ropes
- 6.What is the definition?pan out
- A.
To end, to terminate
- B.
To work out
- C.
To compare
- D.
To feel sad
- 7.sell for a song
- A.
Study
- B.
To give up
- C.
To give a product for little or no money
- D.
To learn the basics in a new situation
- 8.icing on the cake
- A.
An error
- B.
The best part
- C.
To eat a lot
- D.
To talk quickly
- 9.get off someone's back
- A.
Stop bothering someone
- B.
Not feeling good
- C.
To try very hard
- D.
To give up
- 10.let someone go
- A.
To let someone die
- B.
To let someone talk quickly
- C.
To fire someone
- D.
To be thoughtless
- 11.Choose the best idioms.In this apartment, I can hear people upstairs so easily! Every day, they wake up __________________ and start playing loud music. It really gets me ______________________.
- A.
Bent out of shape ... to eat a lot
- B.
Bright and early ... bent out of shape
- C.
Selling for a song ... not feeling good
- D.
Letting someone go ... the icing on the cake
- 12.I need to review the contract on my rental property, but it's so long that I ________________________________.
- A.
Get a kick out of it
- B.
Feel blue
- C.
Can't make heads or tails of it
- D.
Kick the bucket
- 13.If your roommate is keeping you awake at night, tell her that you have to _____________________. Give her a long ____________________ about how hard you have to study.
- A.
Crash course ... shell out
- B.
Hit the books ... guilt trip
- C.
Sell for a song ... run for the money
- D.
Learn the ropes ... pig out
- 14.Wow, she must be very rich. I think she ___________________ thousands of dollars a year just on shoes.
- A.
Shells out
- B.
Pulls the plug
- C.
Fast talks
- D.
Messes up
- 15.You should always read a contract carefully and try to __________________________ to understand the fine details.
- A.
Pig out
- B.
Get plastered
- C.
Read between the lines
- D.
Throw in the towel
- 16.Which of these idioms is about food?
- A.
Icing on the cake
- B.
Throw in the towel
- C.
Have a lot on one's plate
- D.
Pig out
- 17.Which of these idioms is about having responsibilities?
- A.
Mess up
- B.
Kick the bucket
- C.
Have a lot on one's plate
- D.
Cutting edge
- 18.If someone you know kicks the bucket, how might you feel?
- A.
Red
- B.
Yellow
- C.
Blue
- D.
Green
- 19.If you are trying not to lose your head in a stressful situation, you might also be trying not to ...
- A.
Mess up
- B.
Learn the ropes
- C.
Be a wise guy
- D.
Pull the plug
- 20.Which idiom is similar to pull the plug?
- A.
Talk a mile a minute
- B.
Throw in the towel
- C.
See the big picture
- D.
Give a run for their money
- 21.A sarcastic person might be called a ...
- A.
Big picture
- B.
Run for the money
- C.
Wise guy
- D.
Fast talker
- 22.Don't worry about our boss. He seems angry, but he won't _________________. He's __________________.
- A.
Dream on ... hit the ground running
- B.
Give you the cold shoulder ... plastered
- C.
Carve out of a niche ... a fall guy
- D.
Blow his top ... all bark and no bite
- 23.My younger sister just started college. She thinks she can _______________ every night and still make straight A's. I tell her to ______________!
- A.
Get her foot in the door ... carve out a niche
- B.
Drop like a fly ... have a heart
- C.
Take a crash course ... hit the ground running
- D.
Get plastered ... dream on
- 24.My friend is always ________________ to study for exams. But he __________________ when he goes out to dance, he looks great!
- A.
Getting his foot in the door ... gets plastered
- B.
Burning the midnight oil ... cleans up well
- C.
Dreaming on ... lives to regret his decisions
- D.
Being a fall guy ... gets off his high horse
- 25.The movie was about a man who worked hard to ________________ of a big company. He _______________ and became a great success. But at the end, the company got into trouble with the federal government, and they made him the _______________.
- A.
Get on a high horse ... had a heart ... fall guy
- B.
Get his foot in the door ... hit the ground running ... fall guy
- C.
Get the ball rolling ... dropped like a fly ... kudos
- D.
Be a snap ... carved out a niche ... fal guy
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