Idioms and Phrases Quiz

Idioms and Phrases

• Hang together: (a) confirm each other (b) live together (c) hang with each other (d) go together
• Hard boiled: (a) boiled hard (b) extremely hot (c) hardened (d) hardly boiled
• Get cold feet: (a) to run for life (b) to get cold (c) to be afraid (d) to become discourteous
• Make no bones about: (a) to make no effort (b) to admit something readily (c) to make fuss about (d) to create no hindrance
• Turn out crabs: (a) end in failure (b) to be successful (c) to bring up crabs (d) to be victorious
• Devil's Advocate: (a) an advocate of a Devil (b) an advocate like a Devil (c) discussion of an Advocate (d) one who is against religion
• Between the Devil and the Sea: (a) in a fix (b) a Devil in the sea (c) in a worse situation (d) a compromising situation
• Dance attendance upon: (a) to flatter (b) to dance with a partner (c) to attend upon (d) to attend to
• Go abegging: (a) go in vain (b) go for begging (c) beg for going (d) request for something
• A Gala day: (a) a day of success (b) a day of merry-making (c) an eventful day (d) a day of significance
• Go hot & cold: (a) to get angry (b) to get irritated (c) get out of cold (d) sudden feeling of fear and anxiety
• Gird up one's Loins: (a) get ready for a job (b) leave bag & baggage (c) hunt for lions (d) a loin cloth
• Pocket an insult: (a) bear insult without protest (b) not to take any action (c) sit over a resolution (d) ignore a case
• In pretty pass: (a) problems of a passage (b) in difficulties (c) in a difficult way (d) caught in heavy traffic

More Idioms and Phrases

• Small talk: (a) light conversation (b) gossip (c) back biting (d) whispering
• Plough a lonely furrow: (a) work single handedly (b) plough the field (c) plough the sands (d) work in a furrow
• Rub shoulders with: (a) come in contact with (b) quarrel with a person (c) rub shoulders of someone (d) have a cause to fight
• Run the gauntlet: (a) lash with gauntlet (b) run away with gauntlet (c) face criticism (d) accept a challenge
• Rest on one's oars: (a) take rest after working long (b) tired of working (c) tired of boating (d) rest with oars
• Join the majority: (a) on the side of majority (b) to die (c) a turn coat (d) have the majority
• Wash dirty linen in public: (a) to criticise (b) make personal quarrels public (c) to talk dirty things in public (d) to wash clothes
• Augean stables: (a) to remove an evil (b) to clean the stables (c) a place for horses (d) stables for Augean horses
• At the helm of: (a) at the helm of the ship (b) at the main situation (c) in the centre of a storm (d) in the centre of the ship
• An apple of discord: (a) the cause of a contention (b) sour apple (c) a quarrel (d) a fight for an apple
• Call one's shot: (a) make intentions clear (b) call with a shot (c) shoot at a call (d) to show determination
• Few and far between: (a) very small in number (b) very small in distance (c) very small in quantity (d) between near & far
• Force an issue: (a) make an issue (b) force a decision (c) solve an issue (d) bring an issue
• To lose face: (a) to look angry (b) to be humiliated (c) to be helpless (d) to look vacant
• Much ado about nothing: (a) to make a noise (b) to make a fuss over small matter (c) a play by Shaw (d) talk about nothing
• Make the best of a bad bargain: (a) to turn failure to best advantage (b) to make a bad bargain (c) to make the best bargain (d) to make a bargain
• Chapter and verse for a thing: (a) to produce proof (b) to praise a thing

Additional Phrases

• Bid fair: (a) have a good prospect (b) to be just (c) try in a fair manner (d) fair effort
• Talk shop: (a) talk about shop (b) talk in shop (c) talk business (d) talk to the point
• Tread on one's toes: (a) to give offence (b) walk on toes (c) tread with toes (d) flatter someone
• Carry the can: (a) accept the blame (b) get into trouble (c) face the repercussions (d) share the responsibility
• Take time by the forelock: (a) forecast on event (b) forecast time (c) talk one's own time (d) prepare for action before time
• All agog: (a) all happy (b) rife with rumours (c) restless (d) playful
• Toe the line: (a) mark the line (b) cross the line (c) hit on the toe (d) follow others
• Throw up one's cards: (a) accept defeat (b) spoil the card's game (c) throw cards in the air (d) throw away the game
• Turn tail: (a) run like a coward (b) one who changes ideas (c) run with a tail (d) run at the end