MCQs about English Idioms


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MCQs about English Idioms

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  1. What is the meaning of the phrase/ idiom "To scratch somebody`s back"





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  2. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom "A Gordian Knot"





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  3. "A wet blanket" idiom means





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  4. Lean and mean idiom means





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  5. "Not my cup of tea" idiom means





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  6. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the idiom "To have second thoughts"





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  7. Sought after idion means





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  8. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the idiom "Pot-luck dinner"





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  9. Proverbs "Birds of a feather" means





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  10. "All at sea" idiom means





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  11. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom "Does not hold water"





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  12. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the idiom "To die in harness"





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  13. "At the drop of a hat" means





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  14. "To get into scrape" idiom means





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  15. To take a leaf out of someone`s book means





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  16. Be carried away means





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  17. To wrangle over an ass`s shadow means





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  18. All agog means





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  19. To frame a person means





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  20. To play fast and lose means





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  21. A fair crack of the whip means





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  22. To hold something in leash means





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  23. A close shave means





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  24. To talk one`s head off means





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  25. To turn over new leaf means





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  26. A black sheep means





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  27. A man of straw means





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  28. To be the question means





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  29. A bar to means





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  30. Have one`s name bandied means





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  31. Bad blood means





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  32. To smell a rat means





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  33. To leave someone in the lurch means





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  34. To play second fiddle means





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  35. To beggar description means





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  36. In all its bearings means





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  37. To put one`s hand to plough means





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  38. To be above board means





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  39. To do oneself justice means





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  40. To pick holes means





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  41. Besetting sin means





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  42. The Augustan age means





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  43. At loggerheads means





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  44. Roll on the day means





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  45. Sell somebody down the river means





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  46. To be at daggers drawn means





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  47. At a discount means





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  48. Act the goat means





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  49. daylight Robbery means





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  50. A rogues gallery means





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  51. To cut long story short means





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  52. Pipe-pie order means





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  53. Tie the knot means





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  54. Romp home means





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  55. A grass widow means





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  56. As sold as the hill means





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  57. A mighty dollar means





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  58. To bear the brunt means





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  59. Husband one`s resources means





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  60. "To pull strings" means





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  61. To run amuck means





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  62. To take with a pinch of salt means





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  63. To face the music means





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  64. To hit the road means





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  65. To have an axe to grind means





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  66. A grey eminence means





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  67. To cry wolf means





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  68. To grin and bear it means





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  69. Over head and ears means





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  70. To drive home means





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  71. To catch a tarter means





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  72. To zero in means





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  73. To end in smoke means





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  74. A dark house means





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  75. To give some the cold shoulder means





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  76. A hot potato means





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  77. To lose one`s temper means





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  78. To keep one`s temper means





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  79. To make clean breast of means





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  80. To loose ground means





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  81. One in a blue moon means





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  82. To play off old scores





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  83. To rub shoulder with means





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  84. To go the whole hog





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  85. To rack one`s brain means





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  86. To fight tooth and nail means





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  87. Hobsons choice means





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  88. To meet one`s waterloo means





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  89. To be vacant in upper story





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  90. To beat the air means





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  91. To give one plenty to rope means





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  92. To be born with a silver spoon in one`s mouth means





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  93. A cock and bull story means





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  94. Flog to death means





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  95. To flog a dead horse means





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  96. To blaze a trail means





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