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Which idiom describes revealing a secret?
Which idiom describes revealing a secret?
- Let the cat out of the bag (correct)
- Hold your horses
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- Keep the wolf from the door
Which of the idioms suggests that someone is behaving in a silly and noisy manner?
Which of the idioms suggests that someone is behaving in a silly and noisy manner?
- Fly in the face of
- Horse around (correct)
- Add feather to one's cap
- Go to the dogs
If someone is described as 'like a cat on hot bricks,' what does this imply about their state?
If someone is described as 'like a cat on hot bricks,' what does this imply about their state?
- Satisfied and content
- Restless and nervous (correct)
- Calm and composed
- Happy and joyful
Which phrase means to enrich oneself dishonestly?
Which phrase means to enrich oneself dishonestly?
What does the idiom 'fly in the face of' signify?
What does the idiom 'fly in the face of' signify?
Which idiom refers to doing two things at the same time with one effort?
Which idiom refers to doing two things at the same time with one effort?
What does the expression 'hold your horses' imply?
What does the expression 'hold your horses' imply?
What does the idiom 'get someone's goat' mean?
What does the idiom 'get someone's goat' mean?
When might you use the expression 'let sleeping dogs lie'?
When might you use the expression 'let sleeping dogs lie'?
In what context would the phrase 'have another fish to fry' be appropriately used?
In what context would the phrase 'have another fish to fry' be appropriately used?
Flashcards
Every dog has its day
Every dog has its day
Every person has a successful moment in life.
Feather in one's cap
Feather in one's cap
A new and additional distinction, an achievement to be proud of.
Add feather to one's cap
Add feather to one's cap
To achieve an additional success.
Feather one's nest
Feather one's nest
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Flog a dead horse
Flog a dead horse
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Fly in the face of
Fly in the face of
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From a horse's mouth
From a horse's mouth
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Get someone's goat
Get someone's goat
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Go to the dogs
Go to the dogs
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Have another fish to fry
Have another fish to fry
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Study Notes
- Every dog has its day means that every person has a successful moment in life.
- A feather in one's cap signifies a new and additional distinction, achievement, or accomplishment to be proud of.
- Add feather to one's cap stands for achieving an additional success.
- Feather one's nest means to enrich oneself dishonestly.
- Flog a dead horse represents wasting one's efforts.
- Fly in the face of means to defy or challenge.
- From a horse's mouth indicates a reliable source.
- Get someone's goat means to irritate someone.
- Go to the dogs means to be completely destroyed.
- Have another fish to fry means having some more important work to do.
- Hold your horses means to be patient.
- Horse around refers to behaving in a silly and noisy way.
- Horse sense is basic common sense.
- In the egg means in an early stage.
- Jail bird refers to a person who is or has been to jail.
- Keep the wolf from the door means avoid starvation.
- Kill two birds with one stone means doing two things at the same time while effort is made for one.
- Lap dog refers to one who is willing to do what a more important person tells him to do, a sycophant and flatterer.
- Let sleeping dogs lie advises not to bring up an old, controversial issue.
- Let the cat out of the bag means to reveal the secret.
- Like a cat on hot bricks describes someone restless and unable to remain still due to nervousness.
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