Idioms

Question 1

Bite off more than you can chew

Answer 1

To take on something to hard or to difficult than what you can do

Question 2

Bite the hand that feeds you

Answer 2

To be rude or not treating someone with respect, when they are providing the help that you need

Question 3

Keep your chin up

Answer 3

To keep being positive when you are down

Question 4

An arm and a leg

Answer 4

Something is very expensive

Question 5

A slap on the wrist

Answer 5

Giving a lighter punishment than they deserve

Question 6

Idle hands are the devils tools

Answer 6

When a person has nothing to do with it, you are more likely to get in to trouble

Question 7

Head over heels

Answer 7

To be in love with someone

Question 8

A hat trick

Answer 8

The same person to score 3 or more goals in one game

Question 9

Keep body and soul together

Answer 9

To stay alive

Question 10

Excuse my French

Answer 10

If you swear

Question 11

It’s all greek to me

Answer 11

You don’t understand anything

Question 12

Rome wasn’ t built in a day

Answer 12

Don’t rush things

Question 13

When in Rome, do as the Romans do

Answer 13

When in a different culture or in different rules and expectations follow them

Question 14

Look a gift horse in the mouth

Answer 14

To question or be ungrateful when you open a gift

Question 15

Kill two birds with one stone

Answer 15

Complete two tasks with one action

Question 16

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Answer 16

Having one definite but less is better than having one more but questionable

Question 17

A nest egg

Answer 17

An amount of money that you have saved

Question 18

Let sleeping dogs lie

Answer 18

If there is a fight or problem, leave it alone/dont bring it up unless it comes up on its own

Question 19

All bark and no bite

Answer 19

Someone who threatens but won’t actually make a move

Question 20

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink

Answer 20

You can help someone all you want, but they have to make the final decision

Question 21

Live high on the hog

Answer 21

To live rich and luxurious

Question 22

Let the cat out of the bag

Answer 22

To tell a secret you were not supposed to tell

Question 23

A bakers dozen

Answer 23

13

Question 24

Doesn’t cut the mustard

Answer 24

Is not good enough

Question 25

Buy a lemon

Answer 25

To buy a car that is not as good as u were told

Question 26

Spill the beans

Answer 26

Tell something you were not supposed to tell

Question 27

A back seat driver

Answer 27

A person who is telling the driver how to drive and what to do

Question 28

Tie the knot

Answer 28

Get married

Question 29

Dime a dozen

Answer 29

Something that is very cheap

Question 30

Go back to square one

Answer 30

To start over

Question 31

Beat around the bush

Answer 31

Not getting to the point

Question 32

Bend over backwards

Answer 32

To do something out of your way for someone

Question 33

Between a rock and it’s hard place

Answer 33

In a difficult position

Question 34

Cut to the chase

Answer 34

Get right to the point

Question 35

A dead ringer

Answer 35

Someone who looks exactly like another person

Question 36

Went down like a lead balloon

Answer 36

Something went badly

Question 37

Get your walking papers

Answer 37

Get fired

Question 38

Give someone the slip

Answer 38

To escape

Question 39

Haste makes Waste

Answer 39

If u do something with out planning it or spending little time, your more likely to spend more time and more money than needed

Question 40

Work the graveyard shift

Answer 40

To work the midnight shift