Idioms test 29 Welcome to your Idioms test 29 Name Email 1. to angle (1) to measure the river breadth (2) to fish with a net (3) to fish (4) to sit and watch the river None 2. fit like a glove (1) to fit snugly (2) something tight and sticky (3) soft and easy to wear (4) difficult to hold None 3. pull a long face (1) to make fun (2) to look sad (3) to irritate someone (4) to pull someone’s face None 4. cat nap (1) take a long sleep (2) sleep like a cat (3) make a snoring sound while sleeping (4) to sleep briefly None 5. to flog a dead horse (1) to act in a foolish way (2) to waste one’s efforts (3) to revive interest in an old effort (4) None of these None 6. beat around the bush (1) walk around the forest (2) clean the bushy areas (3) avoiding the main topic (4) play around the forest None 7. make room (1) clean the room (2) make space (3) attain the room (4) make a clean sweep None 8. mend your ways (1) happy with one’s behaviour (2) sad with one’s behaviour (3) destroy one’s behaviour (4) improve one’s behaviour None 9. for keeps (1) himself (2) away (3) forever (4) hid None 10. pale into insignificance (1) seemed less important (2) was less exciting (3) was less hectic (4) was dull and pale None 11. with one voice (1) by one man (2) by one community (3) unanimously (4) in disharmony None 12. made light of (1) did not hear (2) treated it lightly (3) blew away (4) carried with him None 13. every inch a gentleman (1) somewhat (2) partly (3) entirely (4) calculatively None 14. gall and wormwood (1) a problem (2) hateful (3) useless (4) hard to digest None 15. to add fuel to the fire (1) prevent fire from dying out (2) make the fire burn brightly (3) make things worse (4) waste fuel for no reason None 16. to take to heart (1) to be greatly affected (2) to take something heartily (3) to strike at the heart, out of enjoyment (4) to suffer from heart disease None 17. to bring to light (1) to put on light (2) to reveal (3) to bring a light (4) to arrange light sufficiently None 18. pros and cons (1) professionals (2) con artists (3) professionals and con artists (4) advantages and disadvantages None 19. once in a blue moon (1) very rarely (2) common (3) predictable (4) ordinary None 20. fish out of water (1) dehydrated (2) comfortable position (3) an uncomfortable position (4) fish in an aquarium None 21. be down with (1) suffering from (2) in grief with (3) in pain with (4) aching with None 22. fair–weather friend (1) honest only when easy and convenient (2) truthful only when easy and convenient (3) supports only when easy and convenient (4) temporary only when easy and convenient None 23. pull together (1) become friends (2) work harmoniously (3) be successful (4) live happily None 24. to give oneself airs (1) space to breathe (2) time (3) acting strange (4) behaving arrogantly None 25. at a stone’s throw (1) at a short distance (2) at a place where quarrels take place (3) at a great distance (4) a quarry None 26. bone of contention (1) a delicious non-vegetarian item (2) an item which made them content (3) cause for quarrel (4) A link between them None 27. to eat humble pie (1) to eat an unsavoury pie (2) to be served food that is rotten (3) to yield under humiliating circumstances (4) to give in to political pressure None 28. to end in smoke (1) to fail (2) to create smoke (3) to end (4) to emit smoke None 29. to spill the beans (1) to reveal partial truth (2) to be untidy (3) to reveal a secret (4) to conceal a fact None 30. cut the mustard (1) to get under expectations (2) to score average (3) to perform well (4) to underperform None Time's up
