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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

After we have paid our creditors, the____________.

  1. gravy is left

  2. rest is gravy

  3. rest all are all gravy

  4. remaining all is gravy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Gravy' metaphorically represents easy money, extra profit, or benefits that come without much effort. After paying creditors, whatever remains is pure profit or 'gravy' - money that can be enjoyed or spent freely.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

He _________when he invested all his money in share market.

  1. lost his goose

  2. gained his goose

  3. cooked his goose

  4. baked his goose
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'To cook one's goose' means to ruin one's chances, cause one's own downfall, or spoil one's prospects through foolish actions. Investing all money recklessly in the share market would certainly destroy someone's financial future.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

The manager told his clerk to__________.

  1. take a hike

  2. take a ride

  3. ride high

  4. make a hike
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The idiom 'take a hike' is an informal expression meaning to leave immediately, often used when dismissing someone or telling them to go away. In this context, the manager telling his clerk to 'take a hike' would mean telling them to leave or be fired. Option A correctly identifies this common idiom.