Idioms and Phrases
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| Number of Questions: 15 | |
| Created by: Sangita Pandit | |
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Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.
A baker's dozen
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.
To disabuse one's mind
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.
To play fast and loose
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.
A bull in a china shop
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom.
To look down one's nose at
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.
The casting vote of the chairman clinched the issue.
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.
The nagging of my wife always makes me lose my train of thought.
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.
We had to spin a yarn to hide the fact.
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.
He always acts in defiance of his parents' wishes.
Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.
The small children begging at the roadside______________.
Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the idiom which is underlined.
Our dog may look fierce but he wouldn't hurt a fly.
Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.
My mother __________ for coming home late.
Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.
He is dealing in smuggled items_________.
Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.
His failure in all his ventures has made him a__________.
Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.
If China wins the World Cup, I'll_________.