Idioms and phrases

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Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Rich people …………………………….. paying taxes by hiring a good accountant.

  1. Get around

  2. Get along

  3. Get away

  4. Get by

  5. Get off


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To get around someone or something is to avoid it.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

You can never ……………………………. her because her phone line is always busy.

  1. Get through with

  2. Get through to

  3. Get along with

  4. Get on with

  5. Get over


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To get through to somebody is to make contact with them.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Don’t believe anything that he says. He is just ………………………… you ………………………..

  1. Putting, out

  2. Putting, on

  3. Putting, up

  4. Putting, down

  5. Putting, away


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To put somebody on is to deceive them or play a trick on them.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

The civic authorities forced the shop to ……………………….. their bright, neon signboard.

  1. Take away

  2. Take down

  3. Take back

  4. Take in

  5. Take off


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To take something down is to remove it from a high place.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Those pink flowers ……………………………. a sweet smell.

  1. Give off

  2. Give back

  3. Give in

  4. Give out

  5. Give up


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To give off is to release a smell or light.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Don’t argue with her. She will never …………………………

  1. Back out

  2. Back off

  3. Back away

  4. Back up

  5. Back down


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

To back down is to stop defending your opinions.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Unfortunately my plan to visit Mexico ………………………….. because I couldn’t save enough money.

  1. Fell behind

  2. Fell through

  3. Fell off

  4. Fell out

  5. Fell over


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When a project falls through, it fails to succeed.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Mother told us not to swim where the sewage …………………………. into the river.

  1. Runs off

  2. Runs down

  3. Runs across

  4. Runs against

  5. Runs out


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To run off is to release waste water.

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

I never thought that she would make it, but she ……………………………. in the end.

  1. Put across

  2. Put down

  3. Pulled through

  4. Put in

  5. Pulled down


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To pull through is to barely survive or recover from a major illness.

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