S Series

Question 1

Safe and sound

Answer 1

Unharmed and whole or healthy.

Question 2

Salad days

Answer 2

Days of youthful inexperience.

Question 3

Saved by the bell

Answer 3

Saved by a last minute

intervention.

Question 4

Scapegoat

Answer 4

A person made to unfairly take the blame for something.

Question 5

Scot free

Answer 5

Escaping without punishment or censure.

Question 6

See eye to eye

Answer 6

Be in agreement.

Question 7

See the light.

Answer 7

Understand

Question 8

Seen better days

Answer 8

Refers to something that has

been well used.

Question 9

Send someone packing

Answer 9

Dismiss them.

Question 10

Sent to Coventry

Answer 10

To be ignored or ostracised.

Question 11

Separate the wheat from the chaff

Answer 11

Separate good from bad.

Question 12

Set (get, start) off on the wrong foot

Answer 12

To start things incorrectly.

Question 13

Seventh heaven

Answer 13

A state of great joy and

satisfaction.

Question 14

Shaggy dog story

Answer 14

A lengthy, improbable and
pointless story, often told in an
attempt at humour.

Question 15

Shake a leg

Answer 15

Hurry up.

Question 16

Shipshape and Bristol fashion

Answer 16

In first-class order.

Question 17

Short shrift

Answer 17

Quick work

Little regard followed by
rejection

Question 18

Show a clean pair of heels

Answer 18

Run or act faster than someone else.

Question 19

Show someone the door

Answer 19

Ask someone to leave.

Question 20

Sick of

Answer 20

Tired of something or someone.

Question 21

Sight for sore eyes

Answer 21

A welcome sight; someone or

something you are glad to see.

Question 22

Silver tongued

Answer 22

Plausible and eloquent.

Question 23

Separate the sheep from the goats

Answer 23

Separate the good from the bad.

Question 24

Sit on the fence

Answer 24

Avoid taking sides.

Question 25

Skating on thin ice

Answer 25

Said of a person taking a risk.

Question 26

Skeleton in the cupboard

Answer 26

A secret source of shame.

Question 27

Slap on the wrist

Answer 27

A light telling off.

Question 28

Sledgehammer to crack a nut

Answer 28

A disproportionate response to overcome a minor problem.

Question 29

Sling mud.

Answer 29

To try to cause a low opinion | about somebody.

Question 30

Sling your hook

Answer 30

An impolite way of telling | someone to go away.

Question 31

Small talk

Answer 31

Casual or trivial conversation, | chitchat.

Question 32

Smell a rat

Answer 32

Be suspicious

Question 33

Snake in the grass

Answer 33

An untrustworthy and deceitful person. (Similar to “two faced”).

Question 34

Sold down the river

Answer 34

Betrayed or cheated

Question 35

Sour grapes

Answer 35

Disdain for something after a | person has failed to achieve it.

Question 36

Spick and span

Answer 36

Very tidy.

Question 37

Spill the beans

Answer 37

To divulge a secret.

Question 38

Spread like wild fire

Answer 38

Disseminate or circulate very | quickly.

Question 39

Square peg in a round hole.

Answer 39

Something or someone that does not fit; Often said of a person who is not suitable in some way

Question 40

Stalking horse

Answer 40

A decoy used to cover one's | true purpose.

Question 41

Start from scratch

Answer 41

Begin (again) from the | beginning.

Question 42

Steal one’s | thunder

Answer 42

Use somebody else’s ideas or take credit for somebody else’s efforts. Act in a way that prevents a person receiving the credit that they might otherwise have been given.

Question 43

Stick to one’s guns.

Answer 43

Keep going. Maintain a position.

Question 44

A stone’s throw

Answer 44

A short distance.

Question 45

Storm in a tea cup

Answer 45

A fuss about nothing.

Question 46

Straight up

Answer 46

Honestly.

Question 47

Straight from the horse's mouth

Answer 47

From somebody who should | know.

Question 48

Strain every | nerve and sinew

Answer 48

Try very hard.

Question 49

Straw poll

Answer 49

An unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion.

Question 50

Straw that broke | the camel’s back.

Answer 50

The last of a series of events | that finally triggers action.

Question 51

Stretch a point

Answer 51

Said of a statement that is not | completely true.

Question 52

Strike while the iron is hot

Answer 52

Act decisively to take advantage of an opportunity.

Question 53

Stuck up

Answer 53

Conceited

Question 54

Sure as eggs is eggs

Answer 54

To be absolutely certain.

Question 55

Sweep the board

Answer 55

Win everything

Question 56

Swing the lead

Answer 56

Avoid work. Pretend to be ill.