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Question 1 of 12

1. Question
IDIOMS – COLOURS

Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.
- 1) Adam has to do quite a lot of digging and planting very soon, but he really hasn’t got fingers.
  
  2) Saturday was a -letter day for Susan. She got a lot of birthday presents from her friends.
  
  3) Surely they’ll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some matter.
  
  4) The tracks outside the house lend to his claim that somebody tried to break in last night.
  
  5) I used to spend a lot of time in Dublin, but now I only go there once in a moon.
  
  6) Mr Jones says he was kept in the about the danger posed by the explosives.
  
  7) Business is starting to improve; this is the first time we’ve been in the for six months.
  
  8) Corporations, especially Indian ones, need to worry about -collar criminals.
  
  9) The girl students were so -bellied that they even feared their own shadows.
  
  10) She was tickled when her old friend called her up to wish her on his birthday.
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Question 2 of 12

2. Question
IDIOMS – TIME

Fill in the blanks with a word that will complete the idiom.

yesterday | nick | dot | spur | live | against | immemorial | grave | next | long
- 1) in to no time
  
  2) not be born
  
  3) to work the clock
  
  4) on the of the moment
  
  5) to on borrowed time
  
  6) in the run
  
  7) from/since time
  
  8) on the
  
  9) in the of time
  
  10) from the cradle to the
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Question 3 of 12

3. Question
IDIOMS – BUYING AND SELLING

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

1. What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean?
- A. at very low cost
- B. be extremely expensive
- C. sell a lot of goods very quickly
- D. bought or sold secretly and illegally
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Question 4 of 12

4. Question
2. What does the idiom “come/go under the hammer” mean?
- A. be sold at an auction
- B. be sold very quickly
- C. sell secretly and illegally
- D. sell goods or services at such a high price that nobody buys them
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Question 5 of 12

5. Question
3. …. means “sell a lot of goods very quickly”.
- A. Jack of all trades
- B. do a roaring trade
- C. tools of the trade
- D. drive a hard bargain
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Question 6 of 12

6. Question
4. …. means “buy something without inspecting it thoroughly”.
- A. buy a wolf ticket
- B. buy a pig in a poke
- C. buy in bulk
- D. buy straw hats in winter
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Question 7 of 12

7. Question
5. What does the idiom “pay through the nose for something” mean?
- A. pay off a debt with another loan; solve a problem in such a way that it leads to a new problem
- B. pay a bill presented to a group, especially in a restaurant or bar
- C. pay too much money for something
- D. pay a bill
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Question 8 of 12

8. Question
6. What does the idiom “settle an account” mean?
- A. pay a bill
- B. force somebody to agree on the best possible price
- C. look at merchandise in a store without intending to buy it
- D. pay off a debt with another loan
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Question 9 of 12

9. Question
7. What does the idiom “in mint condition” mean?
- A. very expensive
- B. cheap
- C. very old
- D. new or as good as new
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Question 10 of 12

10. Question
8. …. means “force somebody to agree on the best possible price”.
- A. devil's bargain
- B. Faustian bargain
- C. include (something) in the bargain
- D. drive a hard bargain
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Question 11 of 12

11. Question
9. …. means “bought or sold secretly and illegally”.
- A. under the radar
- B. under the knife
- C. under the table
- D. under the counter
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Question 12 of 12

12. Question
10. …. means “buy large quantities of an article, usually cheaply”.
- A. buy in bulk
- B. buy a round
- C. buy straw hats in winter
- D. buy golden opinions
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English Idioms (C1-C2)

Advanced Idioms Test 1

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1. Question

IDIOMS – COLOURS

Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.

1) Adam has to do quite a lot of digging and planting very soon, but he really hasn’t got fingers.

2) Saturday was a -letter day for Susan. She got a lot of birthday presents from her friends.

3) Surely they’ll come up with an acceptable solution if they use some matter.

4) The tracks outside the house lend to his claim that somebody tried to break in last night.

5) I used to spend a lot of time in Dublin, but now I only go there once in a moon.

6) Mr Jones says he was kept in the about the danger posed by the explosives.

7) Business is starting to improve; this is the first time we’ve been in the for six months.

8) Corporations, especially Indian ones, need to worry about -collar criminals.

9) The girl students were so -bellied that they even feared their own shadows.

10) She was tickled when her old friend called her up to wish her on his birthday.

2. Question

IDIOMS – TIME

Fill in the blanks with a word that will complete the idiom.

yesterday | nick | dot | spur | live | against | immemorial | grave | next | long

1) in to no time

2) not be born

3) to work the clock

4) on the of the moment

5) to on borrowed time

6) in the run

7) from/since time

8) on the

9) in the of time

10) from the cradle to the

3. Question

IDIOMS – BUYING AND SELLING

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

1. What does the idiom “cost an arm and a leg” mean?

4. Question

2. What does the idiom “come/go under the hammer” mean?

5. Question

3. …. means “sell a lot of goods very quickly”.

6. Question

4. …. means “buy something without inspecting it thoroughly”.

7. Question

5. What does the idiom “pay through the nose for something” mean?

8. Question

6. What does the idiom “settle an account” mean?

9. Question

7. What does the idiom “in mint condition” mean?

10. Question

8. …. means “force somebody to agree on the best possible price”.

11. Question

9. …. means “bought or sold secretly and illegally”.

12. Question

10. …. means “buy large quantities of an article, usually cheaply”.