Q1 There are times when you must decide and take the bull by the horns.

(a) make the right decision

(c) make a bold decision
(b) make the wrong decision
(d) make a final decision
Ans: (c) make a bold decision

Q2 He leads a dog's life really because his freedom is always curtailed.
(a) never knows what to do
(c) never goes out
(b) sometimes does something wrong
(d) never does what he wants
Ans: (d) never does what he wants

Q3 No-one ever mentions him because he's regarded as the black sheep of the family.
(a) the one with a sense of humour
(c) the one who is always late
(b) the one with a bad reputation
(d) the one who never washes
Ans: (b) the one with a bad reputation

Q4 I shouldn't go outside without a raincoat because it's raining cats and dogs.
(a) it's just started to rain
(c) it's raining very heavily
(b) it's going to rain
(d) it's raining a little
Ans: (c) it's raining very heavily

Q5 You shouldn't sign there I think he's about to make a monkey out of you.
(a) to make a fool of you
(c) to make you feel stupid
(b) to make you lose money
(d) to make you lose interest
Ans: (a) to make a fool of you

Q6 It's a lovely house and very big but nobody uses it so it's a bit of a white elephant.
(a) something very beautiful and useful
(c) something very cheap and useless
(b) something very big and useful
(d) something very expensive and useless
Ans: (d) something very expensive and useless

Q7 When the business folded, he took the lion's share of the assets.
(a) the easiest part
(b) the smallest part
(c) the biggest part
(d) the only part
Ans: (c) the biggest part

Q8 Without my glasses I can't see where I'm going in fact I'm as blind as a bat.
(a) very short sighted
(b) very long sighted
(c) very far sighted
(d) very clear sighted
Ans: (a) very short sighted

Q9 I get very irritated sometimes because they're always up with the lark and I like to lie in.
(a) up very easily
(b) up very early
(c) up very often
(d) up very noisily
Ans: (b) up very early

Q10 I would advise you to do that as well and in that way you'll kill two birds with one stone.
(a) get things done twice
(c) get two things done at the same time
(b) get something done two times
(d) get two things done twice
Ans: (c) get two things done at the same time

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the idiomatic phrase in the question. Each question
has only one correct answer.
Q11: Jack has egg ______ because he couldn't remember how to spell "Batman"!
a) on his teeth
b) on his face
c) on his shirt
d) on his fingers
Ans: b) embarrassing
Q12: As the maestro lifted his baton the theater was so still you could hear _____.

a) his heartbeat
b) a pin drop
c) bird wings
d) the drum beating
Ans: b) complete slience

Q13: I don't agree with you, but your idea certainly gives me food _____.
a) for fun
b) for consider
c) for thought
d) for thinking
Ans: c) more ideas to consider

Q14: I think I understand the nuts and _____ of the operation.
a) Screws
b) Hammer
c) Nails
d) Bolts
Ans: d) details

Q15: I'm afraid hip hop isn't my cup of _____.
a) Tea
b) Java
c) Coffee
d) Wine
Ans: a)


Q16: Just a moment... I've got the answer on the ____ of my tongue.
a) Top
b) Tap
c) Tip
d) Back
Ans: c)
Q17: Look, I will pay you back. Would you please call the ____?
a) hunters off
b) tigers off
c) dogs off
d) apes off
Ans: a)
Q18: Ever since he married Jane, he's had a new ____ on life.
a) Rent
b) Lease
c) Title
d) Loan
Ans: b)
Q19: Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. I guess I really put my _____ in my mouth.
a) Foot
b) Hand
c) Elbow
d) Knee
Ans: a)
Q20: I'll be back in the twinkling of ____.
a) an eye
b) a lighting bolt
c) a smile
d) a laugh


In the following, find the appropriate meaning for the underlined idioms:

21.Wow! It's raining cats and dogs today! I wish I'd brought my umbrella to school!
a. I forgot my umbrella today.
b. It's raining heavily.
c. Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.
d. None of the above

22. When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow!
a. My mom bought a baby cow.
b. My mom is really strange.
c. My mom was really upset.
d. None of the above

23. Jean: How did you know it was my birthday today.
Susan: Oh, a little birdie told me!
a. Jean told Susan it was her birthday.
b. An unnamed person told Susan about Jean's birthday.
c. Susan told Jean it was her birthday.
d. none of the above

24. I never learned how to use a computer, so I lost my job. It's a dog-eat-dog world.
a. Only the strong or the best survive.
b. Dogs are eating dogs at the office.
c. Dogs like to eat dogs for lunch.
d. None of the above

25. The "cream of the crop" means it is ___.
a. the worst
b. the best
c. average
d. None of the above