Idioms - Test 12

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Idioms - Test 12

1. very rarely

A. time and again

B. now and then

C. day in day out

D. once in a blue moon

2. reveal a secret

A. keep it under your hat

B. let the cat out of the bag

C. hold your tongue

D. play your cards right

3. stop working for the day

A. break the ice

B. hit the hay

C. call it a day

D. burn the midnight oil

4. extremely expensive

A. cost an arm and a leg

B. break the bank

C. pay through the nose

D. make ends meet

5. feeling slightly ill

A. on cloud nine

B. under the weather

C. in the pink

D. fresh as a daisy

6. be extremely happy

A. in the red

B. over the moon

C. on thin ice

D. down in the dumps

7. good luck to a performer

A. break the news

B. break even

C. break a leg

D. break the ice

8. agree completely with someone

A. face to face

B. back to back

C. heart to heart

D. see eye to eye

9. working late into the night

A. burn out

B. burn the candle at both ends

C. burn your boats

D. burn the midnight oil

10. it is your turn to make a decision

A. bite the bullet

B. the ball is in your court

C. bark up the wrong tree

D. beat around the bush

11. avoid talking about the main topic

A. make a long story short

B. hit the books

C. cut to the chase

D. beat around the bush

12. get straight to the point

A. cut to the chase

B. beat around the bush

C. pull someone's leg

D. play it by ear

13. play a joke on someone

A. pull through

B. pull someone's leg

C. pull strings

D. pull yourself together

14. say something exactly right

A. hit the ceiling

B. hit the road

C. hit the hay

D. hit the nail on the head

15. stay calm in a difficult situation

A. keep your head down

B. keep your distance

C. keep your cool

D. keep your chin up

16. be very nervous/anxious

A. have a thick skin

B. have butterflies in your stomach

C. have a heart of gold

D. have cold feet

17. lose courage at the last minute

A. get the hang of it

B. get a grip

C. get the sack

D. get cold feet

18. learn how to do sth

A. get the drift

B. get the sack

C. get the hang of it

D. get the picture

19. be dismissed from a job

A. get a lift

B. get by

C. get the sack

D. get over it

20. listen with full attention

A. wet behind the ears

B. be all ears

C. play it by ear

D. turn a deaf ear

21. act without a definite plan

A. play safe

B. play it by ear

C. play with fire

D. play along

22. very common and of little value

A. the cream of the crop

B. a rare bird

C. one in a million

D. a dime a dozen

23. unexpectedly/without warning

A. black and white

B. red-handed

C. in the dark

D. out of the blue

24. no problems encountered yet

A. better late than never

B. easy come easy go

C. so far so good

D. no pain no gain

25. be on the point of doing sth

A. be due to

B. be bound to

C. be about to

D. be likely to