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Can You Pick the Right Meaning For These Idioms?

An idiom is a common word or phrase with a culturally understood meaning that differs from what its composite words’ denotations would suggest. In other words, idioms are words or phrases that has figurative or metaphorical meanings.

I have here a quiz about idioms that will determine how far you know about them. Make sure you get 6/10 to pass this  quiz.

Break a leg!

  • Question of

    barking up the wrong tree

    • searching the right one
    • looking in the wrong place
    • signalling incoming thieves
    • inviting for a fight
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    from A to Z

    • empty
    • unavailable
    • complete
    • not moving
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    have a blast

    • enjoy oneself
    • go alone
    • hide in the crowd
    • tag along with beggars
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    piece of cake

    • difficult
    • easy
    • slow
    • edible
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    off the hook

    • let oneself catch
    • be aware
    • escape responsibility
    • go fishing
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    spill the beans

    • give alms to the poor
    • reveal someone’s secret
    • scatter the food
    • harvest
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    once in a blue moon

    • occuring rarely
    • happening twice
    • always there
    • everynight
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    beat around the bush

    • to debate
    • to tell the news
    • avoid talking about something difficult
    • hide in the woods
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    bed of roses

    • in a romantic situation
    • struggle to sleep
    • easy and comfortable
    • make love
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    call it a day

    • to declare the end of task
    • continue next day
    • getting ready for the night
    • preparing supper

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Written by Trafalgar Law

46 Comments

  1. 9/9 – I missed the “bed and roses” by the mere stupidity of going too fast.
    However, I want to say it wasn’t always like that.
    I had run into many funny situations when I started learning English, but that’s a story for another post. 😉