Idioms

Question 1

A dark horse

Answer 1

1. A person who does not tell other people abt their ideas/skills & who surprises people by doing something that they do not expect.
2. A person who wins a race or competition although no one expected them to

Question 2

Be in the dark

Answer 2

To not know abt something that other people know abt.

Question 3

Keep/leave sb in the dark

Answer 3

To not tell someone abt something

Question 4

Keep sth dark

Answer 4

To keep sth secret

Question 5

Never darken your door again

Answer 5

Never want to see them again

Question 6

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Answer 6

Sth that you say which means a bad situation often seems worse just before it improves

Question 7

Davy Jones’s locker

Answer 7

The bottom of the sea

Question 8

Be all in a day’s work

Answer 8

If sth difficult or strange is all in a day’s work for someone,it is usual part of their job

Question 9

Be as clear/plain as day

Answer 9

To be obvious or easy to see

Question 10

Day in, day out

Answer 10

If you do sth day in,day out, you do it every day over a long period, often causing it to become boring.

Question 11

The day of reckoning

Answer 11

1. The time when an unpleasant situation has to be dealt with, or the time when you are punished or criticized for the things have done wrong
2. In Bible,the day of reckoning is the day at the end of the world when God will judge everyone

Question 12

Don’t give up the day job !

Answer 12

Sth that you say to someone who is performing in order to tell them that you do not think they are very good

Question 13

Get/have your day in court

Answer 13

To get an opportunity to give your opinion on sth or to explain your actions after they have been criticised.

Question 14

Have had its/your day

Answer 14

To be much less popular than before

Question 15

In this day and age

Answer 15

In modern times

Question 16

Make sb’s day

Answer 16

To make someone very happy

Question 17

Take each day as it comes/
Take it one day at a time

Answer 17

To deal with things as they happen, and not to make plans or to worry about the future.

Question 18

That’ll be the day

Answer 18

Sth that you say in order to show you think an event or action is not likely to happen.

Question 19

Beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody

Answer 19

To hit someone very hard many times

Question 20

Frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb

Answer 20

To frighten someone very much

Question 21

Sb’s/sth’s days are numbered

Answer 21

Means they will not exist for much longer

Question 22

I’ve never (felt,heard,seen) sth in all my (born) days

Answer 22

Sth that you say when you are shocked or very surprised by sth

Question 23

Those were the days

Answer 23

Sth that you say which means life was better at the time in the past that you are talking about.

Question 24

Day to day

Answer 24

One of the things that you have to do everyday, usually as a part of your work

Question 25

Be a dead cert

Answer 25

To be certain to happen or to be certain to achieve sth

Question 26

Be a dead loss

Answer 26

1. If sth or someone is a dead loss, they disappoint you because they are of bad quality or because they are not able to do what you want them to do.
2. To be very bad at a particular activity or subject

Question 27

Be a dead ringer for

Answer 27

To look very similar to someone or something.