- What does the idiom “an apple of discord” mean?
- someone very dear
- a quick careless job
- a memorable happy day
- a cause of quarrel
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Answer: (D) a cause of quarrel
an apple of discord = a cause of quarrel
- Which idiom means: an offer of peace?
- an olive branch
- Achilles’ heel
- a bolt from the blue
- as a rule
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Answer: (A) an olive branch
an olive branch = an offer of peace
- What does the idiom “add fuel to the fire” mean?
- revenge of equal measure
- make a bad situation worse
- a quick careless job
- a memorable happy day
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Answer: (B) make a bad situation worse
add fuel to the fire = make a bad situation worse
- Which idiom means: keeping a distance?
- as a rule
- an iron will
- at arm’s length
- a bolt from the blue
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Answer: (C) at arm’s length
at arm’s length = keeping a distance
- What does the idiom “a blessing in disguise” mean?
- a memorable happy day
- revenge of equal measure
- someone very dear
- a good thing that seemed bad at first
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Answer: (D) a good thing that seemed bad at first
a blessing in disguise = a good thing that seemed bad at first
- Which idiom means: something very easy?
- a piece of cake
- as a rule
- an iron will
- Achilles’ heel
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Answer: (A) a piece of cake
a piece of cake = something very easy
- What does the idiom “all in all” mean?
- a quick careless job
- considering everything
- revenge of equal measure
- someone very dear
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Answer: (B) considering everything
all in all = considering everything
- What does the idiom “by hook or by crook” mean?
- with great anxiety or excitement
- work late into the night
- by any means
- take the risk of a dangerous first step
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Answer: (C) by any means
by hook or by crook = by any means
- Which idiom means: ill feeling between people?
- build castles in the air
- beat about the bush
- born with a silver spoon
- bad blood
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Answer: (D) bad blood
bad blood = ill feeling between people
- What does the idiom “break the ice” mean?
- ease the initial awkwardness
- with great anxiety or excitement
- work late into the night
- start again from the beginning
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Answer: (A) ease the initial awkwardness
break the ice = ease the initial awkwardness
- Which idiom means: a general overview?
- black and blue
- a bird’s eye view
- beat about the bush
- born with a silver spoon
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Answer: (B) a bird’s eye view
a bird’s eye view = a general overview
- What does the idiom “bite the dust” mean?
- start again from the beginning
- take the risk of a dangerous first step
- be defeated or die
- work late into the night
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Answer: (C) be defeated or die
bite the dust = be defeated or die
- Which idiom means: make peace?
- born with a silver spoon
- black and blue
- build castles in the air
- bury the hatchet
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Answer: (D) bury the hatchet
bury the hatchet = make peace
- What does the idiom “a bone of contention” mean?
- a subject of dispute
- start again from the beginning
- take the risk of a dangerous first step
- with great anxiety or excitement
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Answer: (A) a subject of dispute
a bone of contention = a subject of dispute
- What does the idiom “call it a day” mean?
- accept the consequences
- stop working for now
- an unbelievable false story
- everyone gets a chance of success
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Answer: (B) stop working for now
call it a day = stop working for now
- Which idiom means: make a poor impression?
- fish in troubled waters
- feather in one’s cap
- cut a sorry figure
- a drop in the ocean
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Answer: (C) cut a sorry figure
cut a sorry figure = make a poor impression
- What does the idiom “a dark horse” mean?
- everyone gets a chance of success
- accept the consequences
- from poverty to wealth
- a surprising winner
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Answer: (D) a surprising winner
a dark horse = a surprising winner
- Which idiom means: at the last moment?
- at the eleventh hour
- fish in troubled waters
- feather in one’s cap
- cry over spilt milk
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Answer: (A) at the eleventh hour
at the eleventh hour = at the last moment
- What does the idiom “eat humble pie” mean?
- an unbelievable false story
- admit a mistake humbly
- accept the consequences
- from poverty to wealth
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Answer: (B) admit a mistake humbly
eat humble pie = admit a mistake humbly
- Which idiom means: fail to impress?
- cry over spilt milk
- a drop in the ocean
- fall flat
- feather in one’s cap
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Answer: (C) fall flat
fall flat = fail to impress
- What does the idiom “fair weather friend” mean?
- from poverty to wealth
- an unbelievable false story
- everyone gets a chance of success
- a friend only in good times
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Answer: (D) a friend only in good times
fair weather friend = a friend only in good times
- What does the idiom “get cold feet” mean?
- become nervous and withdraw
- very jealous
- just in time
- achieve two aims with one action
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Answer: (A) become nervous and withdraw
get cold feet = become nervous and withdraw
- Which idiom means: be ruined?
- leave no stone unturned
- go to the dogs
- hit the nail on the head
- jump the gun
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Answer: (B) go to the dogs
go to the dogs = be ruined
- What does the idiom “hand in glove” mean?
- achieve two aims with one action
- object of ridicule
- in close association
- just in time
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Answer: (C) in close association
hand in glove = in close association
- Which idiom means: in written form?
- jump the gun
- leave no stone unturned
- get cold feet
- in black and white
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Answer: (D) in black and white
in black and white = in written form
- What does the idiom “in hot water” mean?
- in trouble
- achieve two aims with one action
- object of ridicule
- be ruined
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Answer: (A) in trouble
in hot water = in trouble
- Which idiom means: stay calm?
- hand in glove
- keep one’s head
- leave no stone unturned
- get cold feet
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Answer: (B) keep one’s head
keep one’s head = stay calm
- What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean?
- be ruined
- in written form
- reveal a secret
- object of ridicule
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Answer: (C) reveal a secret
let the cat out of the bag = reveal a secret
- What does the idiom “make hay while the sun shines” mean?
- a debatable question
- unexpectedly
- obstruct a plan
- use the opportunity quickly
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Answer: (D) use the opportunity quickly
make hay while the sun shines = use the opportunity quickly
- Which idiom means: repair relations?
- mend one’s fences
- not to mince matters
- pull someone’s leg
- a pretty penny
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Answer: (A) mend one’s fences
mend one’s fences = repair relations
- What does the idiom “nip in the bud” mean?
- rain very heavily
- stop at an early stage
- unexpectedly
- obstruct a plan
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Answer: (B) stop at an early stage
nip in the bud = stop at an early stage
- Which idiom means: very rarely?
- a pretty penny
- make hay while the sun shines
- once in a blue moon
- pull someone’s leg
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Answer: (C) once in a blue moon
once in a blue moon = very rarely
- What does the idiom “over the moon” mean?
- obstruct a plan
- rain very heavily
- repair relations
- extremely happy
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Answer: (D) extremely happy
over the moon = extremely happy
- Which idiom means: pay too high a price?
- pay through the nose
- a pretty penny
- make hay while the sun shines
- nip in the bud
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Answer: (A) pay through the nose
pay through the nose = pay too high a price
- What does the idiom “play with fire” mean?
- very rarely
- take a dangerous risk
- rain very heavily
- repair relations
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Answer: (B) take a dangerous risk
play with fire = take a dangerous risk
- What does the idiom “red tape” mean?
- show cowardice
- a dangerous place
- excess official procedure
- understand the hidden meaning
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Answer: (C) excess official procedure
red tape = excess official procedure
- Which idiom means: make someone’s pain worse?
- spill the beans
- take the bull by the horns
- to turn a deaf ear
- rub salt into the wound
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Answer: (D) rub salt into the wound
rub salt into the wound = make someone’s pain worse
- What does the idiom “sit on the fence” mean?
- refuse to take sides
- show cowardice
- a dangerous place
- start afresh
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Answer: (A) refuse to take sides
sit on the fence = refuse to take sides
- Which idiom means: suspect something wrong?
- red tape
- smell a rat
- take the bull by the horns
- to turn a deaf ear
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Answer: (B) smell a rat
smell a rat = suspect something wrong
- What does the idiom “take to heart” mean?
- start afresh
- make someone’s pain worse
- feel deeply upset
- a dangerous place
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Answer: (C) feel deeply upset
take to heart = feel deeply upset
- Which idiom means: the final limit of patience?
- to turn a deaf ear
- red tape
- sit on the fence
- the last straw
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Answer: (D) the last straw
the last straw = the final limit of patience
- What does the idiom “through thick and thin” mean?
- in good times and bad
- start afresh
- make someone’s pain worse
- suspect something wrong
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Answer: (A) in good times and bad
through thick and thin = in good times and bad
- What does the idiom “under the weather” mean?
- raise a false alarm
- slightly ill
- a costly, useless possession
- with great success
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Answer: (B) slightly ill
under the weather = slightly ill
- Which idiom means: good and bad times?
- to be on cloud nine
- to keep the wolf from the door
- ups and downs
- wild goose chase
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Answer: (C) ups and downs
ups and downs = good and bad times
- What does the idiom “wash one’s hands of” mean?
- with great success
- raise a false alarm
- abandon someone in trouble
- refuse responsibility
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Answer: (D) refuse responsibility
wash one’s hands of = refuse responsibility
- Which idiom means: win easily?
- win hands down
- to be on cloud nine
- to keep the wolf from the door
- under the weather
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Answer: (A) win hands down
win hands down = win easily
- What does the idiom “to the bitter end” mean?
- good and bad times
- until the very end
- raise a false alarm
- abandon someone in trouble
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Answer: (B) until the very end
to the bitter end = until the very end
- Which idiom means: make things worse by adding a new hurt?
- under the weather
- wash one’s hands of
- to add insult to injury
- to keep the wolf from the door
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Answer: (C) to add insult to injury
to add insult to injury = make things worse by adding a new hurt
- What does the idiom “to have a finger in every pie” mean?
- abandon someone in trouble
- good and bad times
- win easily
- be involved in everything
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Answer: (D) be involved in everything
to have a finger in every pie = be involved in everything
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