Idioms

Question 1

to fly off the handle

Answer 1

Get angry

Question 2

To harp on

Answer 2

keep ranting

Question 3

to pass the hat round

Answer 3

To ask for donation

Question 4

To talk through your head

Answer 4

Talk stupidly

Question 5

to have one’s head screwed on

Answer 5

Use your brain / Thinking properly

Question 6

to make head or tail of

Answer 6

To understand

Question 7

hard of hearing

Answer 7

Cant hear properly

Question 8

to have one’s heart in one’s mouth

Answer 8

Nervous

Question 9

To take to one’s heels

Answer 9

ready to run

Question 10

to cool one’s heels

Answer 10

to wait

Question 11

high and dry

Answer 11

all alone

Question 12

to hold someone to his word

Answer 12

to ensure he keeps his promise

Question 13

Hobson’s choice

Answer 13

no choice at all

Question 14

hornet’s nest

Answer 14

a source of great trouble

Question 15

from the horse’s mouth

Answer 15

from the genuine source

Question 16

to blow hot and cold

Answer 16

always changing mind

Question 17

on the house

Answer 17

free

Question 18

to eat humble pie

Answer 18

forced to be humble

Question 19

to strike while the iron’s hot

Answer 19

to act quickly when you have the advantage

Question 20

jack of all trades

Answer 20

one who does many things but not an expert

Question 21

To keep up appearances

Answer 21

Fake

Question 22

To keep up with the joneses

Answer 22

Compete with neighbours

Question 23

To key up

Answer 23

Tense with excitement

Question 24

In the know

Answer 24

Informed

Question 25

To knuckle under

Answer 25

Submit

Question 26

A lady’s man

Answer 26

A man who likes female company

Question 27

To have the last laugh

Answer 27

Finally get the better of someone

Question 28

To take the law into your own hands

Answer 28

To do whatever it takes lawfully

Question 29

By leaps and bounds

Answer 29

Very quickly

Question 30

To go to any lengths

Answer 30

Be ready to do extra for something

Question 31

To take a leaf out of somebody’s book

Answer 31

To copy somebody else’s action

Question 32

To take French leave

Answer 32

To be away without permission

Question 33

(To keep) to the letter (of the law)

Answer 33

Follow precisely

Question 34

To make light of

Answer 34

To treat as unimportant

Question 35

To see the light

Answer 35

To understand

Question 36

To draw the line somewhere

Answer 36

Have a limit

Question 37

To drop someone a line

Answer 37

Write a letter to someone

Question 38

To read between the lines

Answer 38

To find the hidden meaning

Question 39

To wash ones dirty linen in public

Answer 39

Discuss disagreeable private matters openly

Question 40

The lions share

Answer 40

The largest part

Question 41

To smack one’s lips

Answer 41

To show pleasure

Question 42

To pay lip service

Answer 42

Pretend to be loyal

Question 43

The long and the short of it

Answer 43

Say the main thing

Question 44

To be at a loss (for words)

Answer 44

Not know what to say or do

Question 45

Mare’s nest

Answer 45

An unfounded suspicion

Question 46

Get one’s monkey up

Answer 46

Get angry

Question 47

To make a mountain out of a molehill

Answer 47

Exaggerate

Question 48

To face the music

Answer 48

To take scolding

Question 49

To hit the nail on the head

Answer 49

To do just the right thing

Question 50

To call someone names

Answer 50

Insult him

Question 51

To be caught napping

Answer 51

Taken by surprise

Question 52

To stick one’s neck out

Answer 52

To risk criticism by saying or doing so

Question 53

A near thing

Answer 53

Narrow escape

Question 54

In the nick of time

Answer 54

Just in time for

Question 55

To talk nineteen to the dozen

Answer 55

To talk non-stop without giving others a chance to speak

Question 56

To lead by the nose

Answer 56

To follow blindly

Question 57

To pay through the nose

Answer 57

To pay too high a price