General Idioms

Question 1

Something that annoys or irritates you

Answer 1

Get my goat

Question 2

To be very determined or firmly decided about something

Answer 2

Dead set on

Question 3

To speak directly and straightforwardly about it without hesitation

Answer 3

Make no bones about it

Question 4

Something effective and efficient despite lacking refinement

Answer 4

Rough and ready

Question 5

Feeling sad or depressed

Answer 5

Down in the dumps

Question 6

Feeling at the limit of your patience. You have reached a point where you can no longer cope with a situation

Answer 6

At the end of the rope

Question 7

To establish a stable and pleasant life in a particular place

Answer 7

Put down roots

Question 8

Have a natural ability to do something well

Answer 8

Have a knack for

Question 9

To take or bear responsibility, burden or duty for something

Answer 9

Have to shoulder

Question 10

To endure a difficult situation with courage

Answer 10

Bite the bullet

Question 11

To give up and admit defeat

Answer 11

Throw in the towel

Question 12

To remove bad feelings between people

Answer 12

Clear the air

Question 13

To cause trouble or controversy by introducing a provocative element into a stable situation

Answer 13

Set the cat among the pigeons

Question 14

Although you are trying very hard you cant understand or do something

Answer 14

For the life of you

Question 15

Knowing nothing about something

Answer 15

In the dark about

Question 16

To be in opposition to something

Answer 16

Run counter to

Question 17

To cause controversy, to upset or agitate people

Answer 17

To cause a stir

Question 18

To speak for an extended period of time often in detail about something

Answer 18

Talk at length

Question 19

To have prejudice or unfair preference leading to a negative attitude, judgment or actions towards a person

Answer 19

Have a bias against

Question 20

To be new and different and change the traditional ways of doing things

Answer 20

Break the mould

Question 21

To make something easier to understand because more information is known about it

Answer 21

Shed light on

Question 22

Doing many things or often changing what you do makes life interesting

Answer 22

Variety is the spice of things

Question 23

Being very interested in or enthusiastic about something often to the point of being addicted to it

Answer 23

Hooked on

Question 24

To succeed despite having little chance of succeeding

Answer 24

Beat the odds

Question 25

To be in control or make a decision in a situation. it implied having authority and the ability to dictate how things should proceed

Answer 25

Call the shots

Question 26

To be in a difficult situation

Answer 26

Be in a pickle

Question 27

It is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful

Answer 27

Be at stake

Question 28

To forget it

Answer 28

Slip someone’s mind

Question 29

Make someone aware of something

Answer 29

Bring to someone’s attention