MODULE 24: IDIOMS (Exercise 3)

Question 1. I was excited to start taking night classes after work, but now, without enough time to devote either to school or to my job, I feel like I'm falling between ______ stools.

one

two

three

four

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Question 2. George has ______ ; he loves cakes, chocolate, ice=cream-anything which is sweet.

a sweet mouth

a sweet tooth

a sweet tongue

sweet lips

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Question 3. Peter is working in an office. He's a white- _____ worker.

shirt

collar

button

sleeve

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Question 4. They ______ their car at our disposal for our entire stay.

put

took

got

had

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Question 5. When you use the Internet, you have so much information at your ______

thumbs

hands

fingertips

fingers

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Question 6. Today we ______ electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this discovery has been.

have

take

make

get

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Question 7. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the ______ of the iceberg of culture.

tone

tip

rid

ship

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Question 8. You can't believe a word that woman says - she is a ______ liar.

committed

dedicated

devoted

compulsive

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Question 9. When I hear stories of cruelty to animals, it makes my ______ boil.

oil

head

stomach

blood

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Question 10. At school, people always used to take the ______ out of him for having red hair.

cat

rat

dog

mickey

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Question 11. This food is ______ the house, you don't have to pay for it.

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Question 12. I heard ______ that Jack has been dropped from the basketball team.

on the grapevine

on the olive branch

under your feet

in the woods

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Question 13. I'm ______ my brother is.

nowhere near as ambitious as

nothing near as ambitious as

nothing as ambitious as

nowhere like so ambitious as

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Question 14. You'd better ______ the books if you want to pass your exam on Friday.

bite

hit

beat

stab

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Question 15. The political candidate knew the issue was a hot ______ , so he deferred to his chief of staff, who directed questions to the committee chairperson.

potato

dog

pot

tomato

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Question 16. I felt a bit ______ and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.

on the mend

under the fevers

out of sorts

over the worst

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Question 17. Like everyone else, Sue has her life. _____ of course but on the whole, she's quite satisfied with

safe and sound

ins and outs

odds and ends

ups and downs

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Question 18. Making mistakes is all ______ of growing up.

top and bottom

part and parcel

odds and ends

chalk and cheese

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Question 19. Man: "I heard you have a part in the school play tonight." - Woman: "Yes, and I'm on ______ and needles."

bins

tins

rins

pins

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Question 20. She went to college to study history, but changed ______ and is now a doctor.

horses in midstream

for a better

her tune

hands

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Question 21. When confronted with a mass of ______ tape, many people feel a sense of powerlessness.

brown

green

blue

red

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Question 22. Don't let my mother watch any of those sad movies. She cries at the drop of a ______

bag

cat

hat

rag

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Question 23. Denise has been burning the midnight ______ trying to finish this report, so she must be exhausted.

oil

gas

candle

lamp

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Question 24. She is a rising star as a standup comedian, always able to bring down the ______ during each performance.

house

roof

rain

kennel

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Question 25. I'm really feeling under the ______ today; I have a terrible cold.

cloud

storm

weather

climate

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