Idioms quiz. Flashcards
To bite off more than you can chew?
To take on a task to big for you.
Bite the hand that feeds you?
To criticize the person that allows you to live.
Keep you chin up?
To stay positive.
An arm and a leg?
Very expensive.
A slap on the wrist?
To get off easy with something.
Idles hands are the devils tools?
Your more likely to get in trouble if you have nothing to do
Head over heels?
Very excited over something.
A hat trick?
To score three goals.
To keep body and soul together?
To earn a sufficient amount of money.
Excuse my French?
Forgive me for cussing.
It all Greek to me?
When you don’t understand something that is said.
Rome was not built in a day?
It takes time.
When in Rome, do what the Romans do.
Follow the customs of someone or something.
Look a gift horse in the mouth?
Be respectful to whom got you the gift.
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone?
Achieving 2 things with one action
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Taking a risk for more.
A nest egg.
Saved money.
Let sleeping dogs lie?
If someone is calm, don’t change that.
All bark and no bite?
When someone is threatening but not harmful.
You can lead a horse to water but you can not make it drink.
You can provide with opurtunity but can force.
to live high on the hog.
To be rich.
Let the cat out of the bag.
Spill a secret.
A bakers dozen?
13
Does not cut the mustard?
Not good enough.
Buy a lemon?
Buy a car that has a lot of mechanical issues.
Spill the beans.
Release the secret.
A backseat driver?
A person who comments on the drivers driving.
Tie the not.
To get married.
Dime a dozen.
Really cheap.
Go back to square one.
Start over.
Beat around the bush.
To be around a topic but not state it.
Bend over backwards.
willing to do anything.
Cut to the chase?
Get to it.
A dead ringer.
An exact duplicate.
Went down like a lead balloon.
Got bad quickly.
Get your walking papers.
Get fired.
Give someone the slip.
To get away from.
Work the graveyard shift.
Work the night shift.
Haste makes waste.
Going fast makes bad work.
