Week 3 Idioms

Question 1

What is an idiom?

Answer 1

A common, cultural, non-literal saying; A figure of speech

Question 2

What is a Cliche?

Answer 2

An overused phrase which has lost impact over time

Question 3

What does figurative mean?

Answer 3

Figurative represents meaning metaphorically; not by literal difinitions

Question 4

What does Literal mean?

Answer 4

Literal is a word or phrase used according to its strict definition

Question 5

Take for granted

Answer 5

to understand to be true, to assume something will always be the way it is

Question 6

take exception to

Answer 6

to find fault with; to speak against

Question 7

take in stride

Answer 7

to accept good or bad luck and continue on

Question 8

take a back seat

Answer 8

to accept a lower position; be second to something

Question 9

take off one’s hat to

Answer 9

to praise or to respect someone

Question 10

take its toll

Answer 10

to cause loss or damage

Question 11

take to the woods

Answer 11

to run away and hide

Question 12

take the bull by the horns

Answer 12

take action and not care about the risks

Question 13

take the words out of one’s mouth

Answer 13

to say what someone else was just going to say

Question 14

take it easy

Answer 14

to act or go carefully or slowly

Question 15

up the creek without a paddle

Answer 15

having trouble or difficulty and being unable to do anything about it

Question 16

up for grabs

Answer 16

available for anyone to try and get for the taking

Question 17

up one’s sleeve

Answer 17

kept secretly ready for the right time when needed

Question 18

up front

Answer 18

sincere; open; not hiding anything

Question 19

up to par

Answer 19

up to the usual level or quality

Question 20

up in arms

Answer 20

angry and ready to fight

Question 21

up in the air

Answer 21

unsettled; undecided; uncertain

Question 22

up against

Answer 22

blocked or threatened by

Question 23

upper crust

Answer 23

the highest class; the most famous or rich

Question 24

upper hand

Answer 24

advantage; controlling power

Question 25

pull out of a hat

Answer 25

to invent; imagine; to get as if by magic

Question 26

pull rank

Answer 26

to assert one’s authority on a person of lower rank

Question 27

pull one’s weight

Answer 27

to do one’s part; to do one’s full share of work

Question 28

pull over

Answer 28

to drive to the side of the road and come to a stop

Question 29

pull off

Answer 29

to succeed or do

Question 30

pull strings

Answer 30

to make use of friends or people in authority to gain one’s wishes

Question 31

pull the wool over one’s eyes

Answer 31

to deceive

Question 32

pull the plug on

Answer 32

to stop one’s support of something

Question 33

pull through

Answer 33

to recover from an illness or misfortune

Question 34

pull the rug out from under

Answer 34

to unexpectedly withdraw support from’ to spoil someone’s plans

Question 35

come a long way

Answer 35

to make great progress

Question 36

come clean

Answer 36

to confess to tell the whole story

Question 37

come full circle

Answer 37

to change and develop. only to end up in the same place one started

Question 38

come to blows

Answer 38

to begin to fight

Question 39

come to terms

Answer 39

to reach an understanding or agreement

Question 40

come down with

Answer 40

to catch or to become sick with

Question 41

come in handy

Answer 41

to prove useful

Question 42

come into one’s own

Answer 42

to receive the respect, recognition or prospretity one deserves

Question 43

come off it

Answer 43

to stop being silly; stop pretending or kidding

Question 44

come on strong

Answer 44

to insist extremely strongly