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Multiple choice softskills leadership

backseat driver

  1. person who drives car from backseat

  2. person who guides the driver

  3. Someone who gives unwanted advice

  4. driving instructor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A backseat driver is someone who gives unwanted advice or criticism to the person actually driving or in charge. It doesn't refer to someone physically driving from the back or a driving instructor.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

back to the drawing board

  1. Finish the painting

  2. backside of the drawing board

  3. to repeat a process, often after a major setback

  4. go to the starting point
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Back to the drawing board' means starting over from scratch, typically after a plan or idea has failed. This idiom originated from architects and engineers returning to plan when designs didn't work.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

go bananas

  1. to buy bananas

  2. to eat bananas

  3. to be irrational and wild, to lose control

  4. to be very kind and soft spoken
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Go bananas' is an informal idiom meaning to become wildly excited, irrational, or lose emotional control. It can express extreme enthusiasm or agitation depending on context.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

blow it

  1. blow air through mouth on something

  2. give a blow on head

  3. To lose or waste something or fail miserably

  4. Take it easy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Blow it' is informal phrasal meaning to fail at something, lose an opportunity, or make a mistake that ruins a situation. It's commonly used when someone messes up badly.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

buy the farm

  1. purchase the farm

  2. to die

  3. to marry

  4. go to hell
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Buy the farm' is a darkly humorous euphemism meaning to die, especially in military contexts. Its origins are debated but may relate to pilots or insurance payouts for farmers.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

five 'o clock shadow

  1. Shadow during sunset at 5 'o clock

  2. expecting rain

  3. a man's beard at the end of the day

  4. lean man
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Five o'clock shadow' refers to the stubble that appears on a man's face later in the day, typically visible around 5 PM after shaving in the morning. It's a grooming term for facial hair growth.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

have eyes for

  1. to find someone physically attractive

  2. to watch a Television

  3. to find the missing object

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

The idiom 'to have eyes for' someone means to find them physically attractive or to be attracted to them romantically. It does not mean watching television, finding missing objects, or expecting something - those are literal misinterpretations of a figurative expression about attraction.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

have a screw loose

  1. to untight a screw

  2. to be a little bit crazy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The idiom 'to have a screw loose' means to be eccentric, crazy, or mentally unstable - not literally about tightening or loosening a screw. This is a metaphorical expression comparing someone's mental state to machinery with loose parts. Option A incorrectly interprets it as a literal mechanical action.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

hole in the wall

  1. a nail hole in the wall

  2. to look through

  3. a small, simple place, particularly a shop or restaurant

  4. a poorly constructed wall
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'A hole in the wall' is an idiomatic expression referring to a small, simple, often modest establishment like a shop, restaurant, or bar. It doesn't mean a literal nail hole, something to look through, or a poorly constructed wall - those are literal misinterpretations of a common colloquial phrase describing cozy, unpretentious places.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

in someone's chair

  1. sitting on others chair

  2. acting as another person

  3. bothering someone again and again

  4. to be very kind to the boss
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'In someone's chair' is an idiom meaning to bother or pester someone repeatedly, often by hovering around them or interfering with what they're doing. It's not literally about sitting in someone else's chair, acting as another person, or being kind to the boss - those are literal misinterpretations of this expression about persistent annoyance.