Idioms Test 6

For the questions below, please choose the best option (A, B, C or D).

IDIOMS: PARTS OF THE BODY

1. What does the idiom “keep an eye on” mean?

2. What does the idiom “have a change of a heart” mean?

3. What does the idiom “lie through one’s teeth” mean?

4. What does the idiom “lend a hand” mean?

5. What does the idiom “pull a long face” mean?

6. What does the idiom “poke one’s nose into something” mean?

7. What does the idiom “get something off one’s chest” mean?

8. What does the idiom “keep your fingers crossed” mean?

9. What does the idiom “put your foot in it” mean?

10. What does the idiom “have your head in the clouds” mean?

IDIOMS: NATURE

11. …. means “to receive a tremendous approval”.

12. …. means “to be confused about something and not sure what to do”.

13. …. means “to be in high spirits, happy”.

14. …. means “to cost very much”.

15. …. means “to be in serious trouble”.

16. …. means “to have a good time during an evening”.

17. …. means “irrespective of what happens”.

18. …. means “practical and sensible”.

19. …. means “to look very strange”.

20. …. means “to attempt to become friends with someone”.

IDIOMS: ANIMALS

21. What does the phrasal verb “bark up the wrong tree” mean?

22. What does the phrasal verb “hold one’s horses” mean?

23. What does the phrasal verb “let sleeping dogs lie” mean?

24. What does the phrasal verb “put the cat among the pigeons” mean?

25. What does the phrasal verb “until the cows come home” mean?

26. What does the phrasal verb “take the bull by the horns” mean?

27. What does the phrasal verb “play cat and mouse with” mean?

28. What does the phrasal verb “the lion’s share” mean?

29. What does the phrasal verb “the black sheep of the family” mean?

30. What does the phrasal verb “not enough room to swing a cat” mean?