Idiom Quizzes - E

(English Idioms & Sayings) Idiom Quizzes - E

Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:


1. My friend is always (pushing me on) when I am angry about something.
   

   (a) egging me on (b) excusing himself (c) eating crow (d) eating his words
   

   Answer(a) egging me on
   
   

2. Her mother gave her (a scolding) when she returned home late from school.
   

   (a) every other (b) an earful (c) an eagle eye (d) either feast or famine
   

   Answer(b) an earful
   
   

3. Our boss has (a relaxed) style of managing his company.
   

   (a) an every minute counts (b) an easy to come by (c) an easy going (d) an ebb and flow
   

   Answer(c) an easy going
   
   

4. Cleaning up their new house will take a lot of (effort and energy).
   

   (a) elbow room (b) elbow grease (c) extenuating circumstances (d) eleventh-hour decisions

   Answer(b) elbow grease
   
   

5. The government leader was forced to (retract his statement) about the money that he had received.
   

   (a) eat his heart out (b) ease off (c) express his anger (d) eat his words
   

   Answer(d) eat his words
   
   

6. Their new house has a lot more (space) than the old one.
   

   (a) eyes in the back of its head (b) elbow room (c) eager beavers (d) elbow grease
   

   Answer(b) elbow room
   
   

7. We usually (go to a restaurant) at least once a week.
   

   (a) earn our keep (b) eat and run (c) eat our heart out (d) eat out
   

   Answer(d) eat out
   
   

8. He says that he does not want the same kind of car as (the average person).
   

   (a) every Tom, Dick, and Harry (b) every so often (c) even steven (d) the early bird

   Answer(a) every Tom, Dick, and Harry
   
   

9. We (finished) by going to a restaurant for a drink after the concert.
   

   (a) explained ourselves (b) engaged in small talk (c) ended up (d) escaped notice
   

   Answer(c) ended up
   
   

10. We go to that restaurant (sometimes) but not very often.
    

    (a) early on (b) every so often (c) every which way (d) every time I turn around
    

    Answer(b) every so often
    
    

11. It is easy to get the supervisor to (do what we want).
    

    (a) enter our mind (b) explain things away (c) eat humble pie (d) eat out of our hands
    

    Answer(d) eat out of our hands
    
    

12. I really do not know what is (bothering) my friend but he is very angry.
    

    (a) eating (b) easier said than done for (c) edging out (d) extending credit to
    

    Answer(a) eating
    
    

13. The man was (completely) a sailor.
    

    (a) even so (b) every inch (c) equal to (d) every last one
    

    Answer(b) every inch
    
    

14. (There is something good in every bad thing) and even after I lost my job good things happened.
    

    (a) The early bird catches the worm (b) There was enough to go around (c) Every cloud has a silver lining (d) It was the exception that proves the rule
    

    Answer(c) Every cloud has a silver lining
    
    

15. (Everybody) in the apartment building was given a fire extinguisher.
    

    (a) Everything but the kitchen sink (b) Every nook and cranny (c) Everything humanly possible (d) Every living soul
    

    Answer(d) Every living soul
    
    
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