Geo
bmwzbiae
Zimbabwe
Beat around the bush
Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable
A man pushes his car until he reaches a hotel. When he arrives, he realizes he’s bankrupt. What happened?
He’s playing Monopoly and his piece is the car. He lands on a space with a hotel and doesn’t have the money to pay the fee.
Ignorance is bliss
You're better off not knowing
You .............. another job pretty soon. I have a feeling that you're going to get fired before long.
A) would have started to look for
B) had better to start looking for
C) would start looking for
D) 'd better to start to look for
E) 'd better start looking for
E
finnald
Finland
Bite the bullet
To get something over with because it is inevitable
A man who lives in a 30-story building decides to jump out of his window. He survives the fall with no injuries. How did that happen?
He may live in a 30-story building, but he only jumped out the window of the first floor.
A little learning is a dangerous thing
People who don't understand something fully are dangerous
Have you heard the great news, Ali? The man, ............... refused your proposal last year, has been arrested for embezzlement of government funds.
A) whose daughter
B) whom
C) who have repeatedly
D) that
E) when he
A
odarjn
Jordan
Hit the sack
Go to sleep
Three people enter a room but only two walk out. The room is empty. Where is the third person?
The third person was in a wheelchair and wheeled out.
A storm in a teacup
A big fuss about a small problem
Yes, I know you're tired and sleepy, but let me remind you one thing: If you ............... up all night to watch that stupid film, the world would look much brighter this morning, wouldn't it?!
A) wouldn't stay
B) would have stayed
C) hadn't stayed
D) would stay
E) had stayed
C
anhag
Ghana
On the ball
Doing a good job
A boat has a ladder that’s 10 feet long, and hangs off the side of the boat, with its last three feet submerged in water. If the ocean tide rises five feet, how much of the ladder will be underwater?
Still three feet. When the tide rises, the boat will rise with it, bringing the ladder along. No matter what, there will still be three feet submerged.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
You can prevent a problem with little effort. Fixing it later is harder.
The enemy plane crashed some distance away from our trenches, its bombs exploding ............... it hit the ground.
A) so that
B) as
C) therefore
D) then
E) so
B
emtrnutksain
Turkmenistan
A picture is worth 1000 words
Better to show than tell
Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?
A parachute (that didn't open)
Curiosity killed the cat
Stop asking questions
I was under the impression that you, too, .............. along with us. I am sorry that you aren't.
A) were supposed to come
B) came to suppose
C) supposed to have come
D) supposed to come
E) were supposed to have come
A
ecihlsttinnee
Liechtenstein
A penny for your thoughts
Tell me what you're thinking
Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well, yesterday was one of my lying days." Alice can't figure it out just from the lion's answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days." What day is it?
Thursday.
Familiarity breeds contempt
The better you know someone the less you like him
The boss urged the staff ............... this splendid opportunity he was offering them.
A) to miss
B) why not miss
C) not to miss
D) about missing
E) would not miss
C