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English Idioms and Phrases

Test your knowledge of common English idioms and phrases by selecting their correct meanings.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To eat one's heart out

  1. to cry
  2. to laugh
  3. to suffer silently
  4. pretend to suffer
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Not let the grass grow under one's feet

  1. to remain neutral
  2. not related to
  3. unconcerned
  4. waste no time in acting
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

A square deal

  1. a masterpiece
  2. an antique
  3. justice
  4. neat and clean
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Snap one's fingers

  1. to show contempt
  2. to rest
  3. to get dressed
  4. a long way
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Go through fire and water

  1. to bathe
  2. to lack courage
  3. to be prepared to face any difficulty
  4. thoroughly
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Null and void

  1. not concerned with
  2. to avenge
  3. to avoid taking sides
  4. not valid
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

A thorn in one side

  1. to be victorious
  2. a constant source of annoyance
  3. of painful death
  4. make a great noise
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Hang by a thread

  1. to be in a critical condition
  2. gain courage
  3. widely excited
  4. at once
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Pick holes in another's coat

  1. to insult
  2. to applaud
  3. to waste time
  4. to find fault with another
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Smell a rat

  1. to act unfairly
  2. to talk boastfully
  3. to have reason to suspect
  4. to discourage
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

In vogue

  1. in action
  2. in fashion
  3. in play
  4. in full co-operation
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

At a low ebb

  1. energetic
  2. in action
  3. boring
  4. exhausted
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

At sixes and sevens

  1. constantly moving
  2. in confusion
  3. without restraint
  4. risk something
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Apple pie order

  1. be deeply moved by
  2. grapple with
  3. perfectly neat and tidy
  4. beautifully decorated
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

A fair weather friend

  1. an intimate friend
  2. at liberty
  3. a friend who falls once in trouble
  4. attend to something
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Between Scylla and Charybdis

  1. long distance
  2. between two dangers
  3. close friends
  4. become definite
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Blue blood

  1. friends
  2. easily found
  3. meager income
  4. aristocratic origin
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To get your knickers in a twist

  1. to be uncomfortable
  2. to keep complaining
  3. to dance
  4. to be upset
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To cast a slur upon

  1. to discuss
  2. assume responsibility
  3. to get rid of
  4. to bring into disrepute
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

Throw up the sponge

  1. to defy the enemy
  2. to remove restrictions
  3. abandon the struggle
  4. to be deeply moved by
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To give vent to

  1. to allow to flow forth
  2. to prove a failure
  3. to amass wealth
  4. to evade
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To be under cloud

  1. puzzle
  2. enjoy the favour
  3. talk thoughtlessly
  4. to be under suspicion
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To hang in the balance

  1. to guess right
  2. to manage to live
  3. to be undecided
  4. to withdraw
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To eat humble pie

  1. forced to apologize
  2. to order
  3. to flatter
  4. to get rid of
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the option that gives the apt meaning of the idiom or phrase.

To leave in the lurch

  1. to study
  2. to leave in difficulties
  3. to lay aside
  4. to face the difficulty

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