Idioms

1

100

Keep your chin up

A. Remain cheerful in a difficult situation 

B. Delayed until later 

C. Be extremely expensive 

D. Very easy 

Remain cheerful in a difficult situation 

200

Hit the books 

A. Very easy 

B. Study

C. Be extremely expensive 

D. Teasing someone 

Study

300

On the back burner 

A. In trouble 

B. Be in a bad mood 

C. Delayed until later 

D. Take a chance 

                                                                       

Delayed until later

                                                       

    

400

In over your head 

A. Doing something that is more difficult than you are able to deal with 

B. Unable to think of something to say 

C. Stop nagging or reminding someone about something 

D. Be in the same bad situation as someone else 

Doing something that is more difficult than you are able to deal with

500

Get off someone’s back 

A. Clumsy, or not very good at doing something 

B. Deliberately take too much time to do something 

C. Stop nagging or reminding someone about something

D. Doing something that is more difficult than you are able to deal with 

Stop nagging or reminding someone about something

2

100

Break a leg 

A. Remain cheerful in a difficult situation 

B. Have good luck

C. Take a chance 

D. Very easy 

Have good luck

200

Put your best foot forward 

A. Have good luck 

B. Stop or wait 

C. Be extremely expensive 

D. Leave a good first impression

Leave a good first impression

300

Get up on the wrong side of the bed 

A. Remain cheerful in a difficult situation 

B. Be in a bad mood

C. Calm, not nervous 

D. Very easy 

Be in a bad mood

400

Butterflies in my stomach 

A. Calm, not nervous 

B. Work on a difficult or lengthy task 

C. A nervous, fluttery feeling in the stomach  

D. Clumsy, or not very good at doing something 

A nervous, fluttery feeling in the stomach  

500

All thumbs 

A. Remain cheerful in a difficult situation 

B. Clumsy, or not very good at doing something

C. Calm, not nervous 

D. Very easy 

Clumsy, or not very good at doing something

3

100

Piece of cake 

A. Search everywhere 

B. Very easy

C. Doing something that is more difficult than you are able to deal with 

D. Teasing someone 

Very easy

200

Be in the same boat 

A. Be in the same bad situation as someone else

B. In trouble 

C. A nervous, fluttery feeling in the stomach  

D. Unable to think of something to say 

Be in the same bad situation as someone else

300

In hot water 

A. In trouble 

B. Be in the same bad situation as someone else 

C. Work on a difficult or lengthy task 

D. Teasing someone 

In trouble 

400

Turn the house upside down 

A. Teasing someone 

B. In trouble 

C. Be in a bad mood 

D. Search everywhere

Search everywhere

500

Pulling someone’s leg 

A. Teasing someone

B. Stop nagging or reminding someone about something 

C. Be in a bad mood 

D. Unable to think of something to say 

Teasing someone

4

100

Tongue-tied 

A. Delayed until later 

B. Unable to think of something to say

C. Be in a bad mood 

D. Take a chance 

Unable to think of something to say

200

Cool as a cucumber 

A. Very easy 

B. Work on a difficult or lengthy task 

C. Calm, not nervous

D. Teasing someone 

Calm, not nervous

300

Spill the beans 

A. Clumsy, or not very good at doing something 

B. Tell a secret

C. Be in a bad mood 

D. Doing something that is more difficult than you are able to deal with 

Tell a secret

400

Cost an arm and a leg 

A. Clumsy, or not very good at doing something 

B. In trouble 

C. Be extremely expensive

D. Unable to think of something to say 

Be extremely expensive

500

Go out on a limb 

A. Remain cheerful in a difficult situation 

B. Deliberately take too much time to do something 

C. Clumsy, or not very good at doing something 

D. Take a chance

Take a chance

5

100

Who is the most handsome person on earth?

Mr Kyle

200

Hold your horses 

A. A nervous, fluttery feeling in the stomach 

B. In trouble 

C. Stop or wait

D. Unable to think of something to say 

Stop or wait

300

Drag one’s feet 

A. Deliberately take too much time to do something

B. Be in a bad mood 

C. Stop nagging or reminding someone about something 

D. In trouble 

Deliberately take too much time to do something

400

Turn over a new leaf 

A. Take a chance 

B. Make a positive change in your behavior

C. Stop nagging or reminding someone about something 

D. Search everywhere 

Make a positive change in your behavior

500

Wade through 

A. Search everywhere 

B. Work on a difficult or lengthy task

C. Deliberately take too much time to do something 

D. Take a chance 

Work on a difficult or lengthy task