Idioms

Question 1

To tease. To tell something that is not true, as a joke.

Answer 1

Pull somebody’s leg

Question 2

If you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later.

Answer 2

A stitch in time saves nine

Question 3

It’s used for describing someone who is old and no longer useful or attractive.

Answer 3

To be over the hill

Question 4

To create the circumstances to enable (something) to happen or be done.

Answer 4

Pave the way for

Question 5

You should feel ashamed of what you have done (not polite way)

Answer 5

Shame on you

Question 6

That is really unfortunate; that’s too bad.

Answer 6

What a shame!

Question 7

The situation, circumstance, or outcome has already happened or been decided or established, so it must be accepted even if it is undesirable.

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It is what it is

Question 8

One should not form an opinion on someone or something based purely on what is seen on the surface, because after taking a deeper look, the person or thing may be very different than what was expected.

Answer 8

You can’t judge a book by its cover

Question 9

To feel sick. In most cases, it’s used to say that you feel a little sick.

Answer 9

To feel a bit under the weather

Question 10

A further difficulty or annoyance, typically minor in itself but coming on top of a whole series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable.

Answer 10

The last straw

Question 11

To be doing something that is dangerous or involves risks.

Answer 11

To be skating on thin ice

Question 12

to fall so that your body hits the ground heavily

to die

to end in failure

Answer 12

To bite the dust

Question 13

To foil, thwart, or interfere with one’s plan or ability to pursue sexual or romantic interactions with someone else

Answer 13

Throw salt on someone’s game

Question 14

a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time.

Answer 14

Early bird

Question 15

a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night

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Night owl

Question 16

reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake

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Let the cat out of the bag

Question 17

something you say when the person you were talking about appears unexpectedly

Answer 17

Speak of the devil

Question 18

said when you want to emphasize that both people involved in a difficult situation must accept the blame, or that an activity needs two people who are willing to take part for it to happen

Answer 18

It takes two to tango

Question 19

to harm someone who trusts you

Answer 19

Stab someone in the back

Question 20

to have suffered because of someone or something and to be no longer able to bear him, her, or it

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Have had it (up to here) with

I’ve had it up to here with you - get out!

I’ve had it with foreign vacations.

Question 21

to be very involved in a situation, or to have too much of the thing stated

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Be up to your neck in something

Question 22

to have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all

Answer 22

Be snowed under (with something)

Question 23

If you do something _________, you do it immediately without stopping to think about it

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At the drop of a hat

Question 24

to be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something

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Be barking up the wrong tree

Question 25

to do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy

Answer 25

Blow off steam

Question 26

to tell someone your secret thoughts and feelings

Answer 26

Bare your heart/soul

Question 27

to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time

Answer 27

Get something off your chest

Question 28

to succeed in achieving two things in a single action

Answer 28

Kill two birds with one stone

Question 29

to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm

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Be full of beans

Question 30

to do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way

Answer 30

To cut corners

Question 31

said when you feel that someone has made a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you

Answer 31

To add insult to injury

Question 32

If two people _________, they agree with each other

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See eye to eye

Question 33

to describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

Answer 33

To hit the nail on the head

Question 34

to do something as completely as possible

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Go the whole hog

Question 35

If someone is ________, that person attracts a lot of attention because they are more exciting or interesting than most people

Answer 35

Larger than life

Question 36

to take someone’s place, often by doing the job they have just left

Answer 36

Step into sb’s shoes

Question 37

If you live on an amount of money, that is the money that you use to buy the things that you need

Answer 37

Live on sth

Question 38

If you say that a type of thing is like _____ or is _____, you mean that it is very difficult to obtain, usually because everyone wants it

Answer 38

Gold dust

Question 39

as good as or better than all others

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Second to none

Question 40

to never do something because you think it is wrong

Answer 40

Draw the line at

Question 41

something that will never happen

impossible

highly unlikely to happen

Answer 41

When pigs fly

Question 42

a situation in which you can enjoy the advantages of two very different things at the same time

Answer 42

The best of both worlds

Question 43

to be extremely expensive

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It costs an arm and a leg

Question 44

when you say something is ______ you mean it’s a bargain – so cheap that it’s almost as if you haven’t paid anything for it.

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A steal

Question 45

something that you say when it is raining heavily

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It’s raining cats and dogs!

Question 46

Not very often

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Once in a blue moon

Question 47

If something happens ________, it is completely unexpected

Answer 47

Out of the blue

Question 48

used for wishing someone good luck, especially before a performance

Answer 48

To break a leg

Question 49

ain’t

Answer 49

am not
isn't
aren't
hasn't
haven't

Question 50

Wait’ll/Wait till

Answer 50

said when you are excited about seeing another person’s reaction to something special or unusual

Question 51

Whaddaya

Answer 51

What do you

Question 52

Keep a promise

Answer 52

To fulfill or be faithful to a promise one has made

How can you expect me to trust you when you keep proving that you can’t keep a promise?

Question 53

Not have a clue/have no clue

Answer 53

to be completely unable to guess, understand, or deal with something

“Who invented algebra?” “I don’t have a clue.”
Don’t ask your father which key to press - he hasn’t got a clue about computers.