Spot the mistake
Vocabulary
Prepositions
Idioms
100
My Internet provider has been getting on my nerves for ages, but the least straw was when they increased the fee last month.

last straw

100

What do you call the amount of money that you borrow from the bank?

A loan

100

During times of recessions, it is not recommended that you invest _____ high-risk industries. 

in

100

If you want to teach your child that they should spend money carefully, which idiom would you use?

Money doesn't grow on trees

200

I thought we had agreed but apparently, we had been talking at crossed purposes.

at cross purposes

200

Which term is used when one company buys another?

Acquisition

Takeover


200

We were charged more than expected ______ their services.

for

200

Which idiom means that you are making money without any effort?

Money for old rope

A license to print money

300

Buying presents just before Christmas means you get really rip-off.

you get really ripped off

300

What do you pay to a provider for using their services? (A monthly...)

Fee

300

Our problems stem ___ the lack of communication.

from

300

Which idiom would you use to say you have an unlimited amount of money and you can spend as much as you want?

Money is no object 

400

I was going to call you earlier but then something happened and it completely sleeped my mind.

slipped my mind

400

If you don't pay for goods in cash, you can make regular payments of smaller amounts, called ...?

Installments

400

I would like to congratulate you ____ the successful project.

on

400

Which idiom would you use to say that a person who spends money without thinking is going to lose it?

A fool and his money are soon parted

500

Whatever has happened, I think it was very unfair of you to try and pass the bucket to your teammates. 

pass the buck

500

What name is used to describe organizations that lend money against very high interest rates?

Loan sharks

500

The winter cinditions we were put in were not conducive ____ long hiking.

to

500

Which idiom means that you can make money from a dirty business?

Where there's muck, there's money