1. SOUTH- WEST LANGUAGE CENTER Student’s name:____________________________
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Lecturer: Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh
IDIOM TEST 3
1. "Keep your shirt..........We'll figure it out. There's no cause for alarm," Jimmy told his
boss when the computers stopped working suddenly.
(a) out (b) down (c) on (d) off
2. No one likes being the………….of the joke.
(a) clown (b) end (c) laughter (d) butt
3. Since the man was rather inexperienced, I took his advice with a grain of........
(a) sand (b) wood (c) salt (d) sugar
4. Most bosses won't send you out on a job until you get your feet...................
(a) dry (b) wet (c) green (d) hot
5. He had to pull his car over to sleep. He was too punch-............with fatigue to drive
safely.
(a) happy (b) affected (c) slappy (d) drunk
6. Soldiers can't..............their posts while on guard duty without getting into big trouble.
(a) lose (b) jump (c) desert (d) throw
7. His hair looked like he had stuck his......................in a light socket.
(a) comb (b) finger (c) bulb (d) plug
8. "You are speeding, James. Do you have a......foot, or something?" Jane asked her
husband.
(a) fake (b) wooden (c) club (d) lead
9. I hate his unpredictable mean temper. I always have to walk on......... around him.
(a) eggshells (b) bottle caps (c) glass (d) dry twigs
10. Mike hasn't paid his rent in three months. It looks like he's waiting for his landlord
to...........him out.
(a) pull (b) lead (c) kick (d) drown
11. "Quit telling me what to do! Back seat............. are very annoying!" James said, as he
swerved to avoid the pedestrian.
(a) managers (b) drivers (c) cushions (d) oracles
12. "Don't be such a..............Thomas. It will work. There will be no problems," Mary said
to her husband as she tried to convince him to buy laminate flooring for the back bedroom.
(a) doubting (b) quirky (c) mistrusting (d) wavering
13. "You'd better talk to your wife and work out your problems, John, because a house
divided against itself cannot...............," he thought to himself.
(a) sleep (b) sell (c) fall (d) stand
14. "I can't go drinking with you guys. The ball and....................won't let me. She wants me
to stay home tonight," Ted told his friends.
(a) hammer (b) bat (c) goal posts (d) chain
15. Our whole class failed our last statistics exam and now we're back to the........... again.
(a) basics (b) future (c) front (d) manuals
16. Ethel is such an annoying, nosy neighbor. She always watches everything we do. She
needs to mind her own..........
(a) garden (b) abode (c) beeswax (d) gig
17. I can't believe I made it up that hill on my dirt bike! I was at full throttle the whole way
and going balls to the........
(a) court (b) chain (c) bat (d) wall
2. 18. The little boy asked his mother why a baker's...........was thirteen. She replied that it
comes from the former custom among bakers of adding an extra roll as a safeguard against
the possibility of 12 weighing light.
(a) dozen (b) product (c) quantity (d) delivery
19. I don't like to drink alcohol often — just every once in a...............moon with my friends.
(a) full (b) new (c) half (d) blue
20. He went........................after his boss fired him. Now he's in jail.
(a) done (b) fraught (c) ballooned (d) berserk
21. The reason that Sarah had been divulging company secrets was that she was
being ..............The CEO of her competitor's firm said that if she didn't reveal the
information, he would tell Sarah's husband that she was having an affair.
(a) pushed (b) blackmailed (c) asked (d) smeared
22. John booked his trip to New York. It had been over nine years since he had been to the
Big (a) Apple (b) City (c) Squalor (d) Circus
23. The manager decided to send in a new pitcher. He sent the starter, who had pitched the
first five innings, back to the
(a) stands (b) bullpen (c) minors (d) beginning
24. The hard part of the transition was over. It would be all blue ...........from here.
(a) moon (b) lagoons (c) grasses (d) skies
25. When Helen began looking for a job after college, she found that she couldn't get one
without work experience. She wondered how she could get any experience without getting a
job. She found this to be a major..........in modern society.
(a) idiosyncrasy (b) circus (c) catch-22 (d) game
26. I am good at science and English, but mathematics is definitely not my strong .............
(a) suit (b) arm (c) bond (d) hold
27. When his wife filed for divorce with no prior warning and sued for half of his assets, he
felt that she........... him in the worst way.
(a) employed (b) broadsided (c) breached (d) erased
28. Steve had been......by the used-car salesman. The car broke down a week after he
bought it.
(a) heckled (b) obstructed (c) manhandled (d) bamboozled
29. Unexpectedly, the prosecutors came up with evidence revealing that Matt had forged
documents for his company. They caught him with his..........down.
(a) pants (b) windows (c) volume (d) wits
30. Serena had to stop swimming. The……….horse in her leg was too painful to keep
going.
(a) quarter (b) miniature (c) crazy (d) charley
31. Mark is always eager to argue about how this business should be run. He seems to have
a real............. on his shoulder about it.
(a) head (b) chip (c) sore (d) bluebird
32. I obviously still don't understand the concepts we've been discussing in class. Every
time I answer the teacher's questions, she says "Close, but no............"
(a) cigar (b) coupon (c) prize (d) purpose
33. The lawyer didn't believe the story given by the defendant at all. It was just another one
of his................... and bull stories.
(a) cowboy (b) horse (c) hunter (d) cock
34. You don't know anything about accounting. Did you get your degree out of a.........box?
(a) soap (b) toy (c) crackerjack (d) mail
35. Billy could not fully wake up without at least one cup of................every morning.
(a) sugar (b) joe (c) noodles (d) cake
3. 36. The judge was getting bored as the witness rattled on and on. She wished the witness would just................ to the chase.
(a) run (b) step (c) jump (d) cut
37. He is a(n).................ringer for Brad Pitt. He looks exactly like him!
(a) dead (b) bell (c) ear (d) bull
38. Journalists are under constant pressure to meet their...............
(a) interviewers (b) makers (c) deadlines (d) targets
39.Jennifer decided to play the devil's............ in order to add another perspective to the one-sided conversation.
(a)buddy (b) helper (c) favorite (d) advocate
40. I think he's a.......in the rough. He needs training, but I see his potential and natural
talent.
(a) cowboy (b) diamond (c) draft (d) painting
41. Tim Jesden can't afford that! He's……. poor.
(a) mud (b) sod (c) dirt (d) soot
42. After telling his grandmother that he wished she had bought him two Super Nintendo
games instead of one, his parents said that he shouldn't look a gift horse in the.............
(a) shoes (b) hocks (c) eyes (d) mouth
43. Jenny thought that the last problem on the test was a real...............It was much harder
and more complex than any of the previous problems.
(a) doozy (b) whooper (c) carp (d) Snafu
44. The way the administration handled the oil spill was another one of their many......No
one had any idea of what they were doing or what should be done.
(a) accidents (b) barricades (c) snafus (d) achievements
45. The judge decided that in his opinion the new lawyer didn't know which........was up.
He made several rookie mistakes and didn't seem to know what to do next.
(a) end (b) game (c) stock (d) trend
46. That...................is too dumb to do anything right.
(a) genius (b) pig (c) dope (d) opinion
47. I used to be kind of a................when I was little, but I lost most of the weight in my
teenage years.
(a) runt (b) beanpole (c) doughboy (d) punk
48. Are you going to the drag............this weekend? It should be fun, because there will be
a lot of cars out there!
(a) races (b) queens (c) nets (d) boats
49. He wasn't invited to very many parties, since he...............like a fish and got
argumentative every time.
(a) swam (b) flopped (c) tasted (d) drank
50. They decided to do a dry...........before they had to give the presentation to the board of directors.
(a) ice (b) run (c) up (d) desert
51. A tree fell on his house right after his car broke down. This was a double………that he
could not afford.
(a) header (b) scoop (c) mint (d) whammy
52. "Before we get down to business, let's eat, drink and be...........," the CEO said after
everyone had arrived
(a) drunk (b) merry (c) ready (d) satiated
53. "You are not going to get your tongue pierced no matter how much you argue--.......of
story," the father said to his rebellious 13-year-old.
(a) end (b) talk (c) regard (d) beginning
54. "You'll have to pardon my.........," the lady said, "but I hate this damn city!"
(a) ignorance (b) atrocity (c) English (d) French
55. After he crashed his parents' van, he knew that he would have to go home and...........
4. the music.
(a) play (b) write (c) face (d) make
56. We were so hungry that the minute we walked through the door of the all-you-can-eat
buffet restaurant, the feeding....................began.
(a) frenzy (b) cattle (c) cycle (d) system
57. Once the media find out that the movie star was drinking and driving, they are going to
have a................. day with this information.
(a) grass (b) land (c) field (d) lawn
58. "Wow, Margy, you're a very good cook. These chicken wings are finger-.........good!"
(a) grabbing (b) poking (c) licking (d) biting
59. He had found that there were a lot of good deals on used tools and furniture at the
local................. market.
(a) pharmacy (b) farmers (c) meat (d) flea
60. She felt uncomfortable going to the local bar by herself. It had the reputation of being
a ........................market.
(a) flea (b) meat (c) free (d) corner
61.After finding out that he had a son, Ray had to find him. He was bothered that his
own flesh and ........was out there somewhere and Ray didn't even know him.
(a) body (b) creation (c) bones (d) blood
62.I like the idea, but I don't think it's going to.........because there isn't enough funding for the start-up fees.
(a) fly (b) throw (c) swim (d) shoot
63.I wish I could hear what they are saying in that meeting. If only I were a...............
on the wall for a little while!
(a) mark (b) fly (c) molding (d) picture
64."You have no case," the lawyer told her client. "I know you want to sue them because
they have a lot of money, but you're chasing fool's.........here."
(a) goals (b) treasure (c) markets (d) gold
65.The mail carrier was shocked when the man went to get his mail without his clothes — he was in the full...............
(a) body (b) picture (c) monty (d) tank
66."No, that's everything, Mr. Jones. That's the whole...........," the waiter said when
questioned whether any more food was coming.
(a) shebang (b) forte (c) façade (d) nadir
67.Our manager has been acting erratic lately. If she gets any crazier, we're going to have to send her to the................farm.
(a) animal (b) free-range (c) funny (d) training
68.Serge could do mathematics if he had to, but the subject was definitely not his
(a) goal (b) forte (c) friend (d) buddy
69. "Our manager sounds angry today. He must have got up on the wrong..............of the
bed today," the secretary told her coworker.
(a) placement (b) angle (c) aspect (d) side
70. "I don't believe in sticking my.........out for anybody. It's better to worry about
yourself and not look for trouble,” he thought.
(a) hand (b) neck (c) product (d) opinion
71. She decided that she was not going to go out on a............for anyone anymore. She was sick of trying
to help people who weren't appreciative.
(a) limb (b) date (c) tip (d) patrol
72. He always found that when he went the extra................for his customers, it paid off and
they eventually became return clients.
(a) step (b) block (c) appointment (d) mile
73. The............Samaritan who stopped at the accident scene to help the family after their
car crash was on the front page of the daily paper on Monday.
(a) quick (b) honest (c) good (d) old
5. 74. "I know I didn't meet my goals last month," the computer programmer said to the
manager, "but I've got my...........working again and I've surpassed all of the goals this month."
(a) mojo (b) style (c) trademark (d) bus
75.Life is so much better now that I work during the day instead of the........ shift.
(a)gear (b) position (c) graveyard (d) monkey
76.My manager is very about my idea for the new product, and he has made it the first
priority in our department.
(a) gung-ho (b) apathetic (c) disappointed (d) bored
77. He saw the...........on the wall. Without a miracle, the business he had worked so hard to
create would be broke within the next year.
(a) picture (b) writing (c) blotch (d) molding
78.Steve must have a(n)..............to grind with the billing department. He criticizes or insults
them in every meeting we have.
(a) ax (b) tool (c) saw (d) nail
79.After getting the promotion he had been waiting for, he gave each one of his friends in
the department a high............
(a) handshake (b) slap (c) five (d) opinion
80. If he made as much money this year as he did last year, he can afford to live pretty high on the ........
(a) scale (b) list (c) apartment (d) hog
81.He was very tired after a long day at work and decided to.......... the hay as soon as he got home.
(a) plant (b) bail (c) hit (d) sweep
82.When he explained the problem to his coworkers, they all agreed that he knew what he
was talking about. He really hit the nail on the................
(a) board (b) metal (c) head (d) hand
83."Hold your.........., young man! There's no reason to speed!" the grandmother said to her grandson as he spun his tires out of
the driveway.
(a)hand (b) hose (c) horses (d) tongue
84."Houston, we have a(n).............," a construction worker said as the wall that they just put
up fell down.
(a) winner (b) problem (c) issue (d) bust
85."I'll have his............ on a platter!" the enraged boss said when he found evidence that revealed one of his employees
was stealing from him.
(a)horse (b) food (c) goose (d) head
86.When the soccer player kicked yet another goal near the very end of the game, he knew that the game was in the
(a)bag (b) bed (c) sock (d) toilet
87.The artist struggled to paint the naked lady posing in front of him. It was the first painting
of a person in the..................that he had ever attempted.
(a) rye (b) natural (c) buff (d) heat
88.His was the winning basket. "In your.........!" the boy yelled to the other basketball team
(a)head (b) face (c) court (d) world
89."He was driving like a............. out of hell! He was going 140 MPH when I pulled him over!" the policeman said.
(a) bat (b) devil (c) car (d) greyhound
90.John is 89 years old, and he was really surprised when the policeman actually wrote him
a ticket for........
(a) street dancing (b) power-walking (c) break-dancing (d) jaywalking
91.He didn't want to think about getting a perfect score before his next exam because he was
afraid he would................... himself.
(a) karma (b) trip (c) jinx (d) bad
92."Don't get mad at Tommy's joking around. He is just…….you," Billy said to his friend Joey
(a) joshing (b) picking (c) bothering (d) conversing
93.Everyone was waiting for Grandpa Joe to kick the............He had cancer for many years and the doctor
6. said that he only had a year to live.
(a) mule (b) bucket (c) farm (d) cat
94. He apologized for losing his temper after his wife told him that she had spent a lot of
money. It was just a knee-jerk...........He hadn't planned it and he now regretted it.
(a) movement (b) motion (c) reaction (d) meditation
95. He thought he would get the promotion on Monday. "Knock on............," he said to himself.
(a) doors (b) head (c) down (d) wood
96. Everyone agreed that Jim was too arrogant, and they wanted to knock him down a
(a) well (b) peg (c) hill (d) head
97."Once you know the..............better, we will give you more responsibility," the boss said
to the new trainee.
(a) lines (b) slips (c) straps (d) ropes
98. Before he made a decision, the army sergeant wanted to see which way the wind
was.............at the command headquarters.
(a) gusting (b) disappearing (c) blowing (d) funneling
99. "Last but not..............., Rebecca!" the emcee said as he introduced the final contestant of the evening.
(a) least (b) forgotten (c) worst (d) eliminated
100. It took a lot of money to run the presidential campaign, but the third-party candidate
thought he could win if he could only level the playing............However, he couldn't get as much media
exposure as the richer candidates.
(a) lot (b) game (c) rule (d) field
KEY
1. "Keep your shirt on. We'll figure it out. There's no cause for alarm," Jimmy told his boss
when the computers stopped working suddenly.
answer: (c) on
2. No one likes being the butt of the joke. answer: (d) butt
3. Since the man was rather inexperienced, I took his advice with a grain of salt. answer: (c)
salt
4. Most bosses won't send you out on a job until you get your feet wet. answer: (b) wet
5. He had to pull his car over to sleep. He was too punch-drunk with fatigue to drive safely.
answer: (d) drunk
6. Soldiers can't desert their posts while on guard duty without getting into big trouble.
answer: (c) desert
7. His hair looked like he had stuck his finger in a light socket. answer: (b) finger
8. "You are speeding, James. Do you have a lead foot, or something?" Jane asked her
husband. answer: (d) lead
9. I hate his unpredictable mean temper. I always have to walk on eggshells around him.
answer: (a) eggshells
10.Mike hasn't paid his rent in three months. It looks like he's waiting for his landlord to
kick him out. answer: (c) kick
11."Quit telling me what to do! Back seat drivers are very annoying!" James said, as he
swerved to avoid the pedestrian.
7. answer: (b) drivers
12."Don't be such a doubting Thomas. It will work. There will be no problems," Mary said
to her husband as she tried to convince him to buy laminate flooring for the back bedroom.
answer: (a) doubting
13."You'd better talk to your wife and work out your problems, John, because a house
divided against itself cannot stand," he thought to himself.
answer: (d) stand
14."I can't go drinking with you guys. The ball and chain won't let me. She wants me to stay
home tonight," Ted told his friends.
answer: (d) chain
15.Our whole class failed our last statistics exam and now we're back to the basics again.
answer: (a) basics
16.Ethel is such an annoying, nosy neighbor. She always watches everything we do. She
needs to mind her own beeswax.
answer: (c) beeswax
17.I can't believe I made it up that hill on my dirt bike! I was at full throttle the whole way
and going balls to the wall.
answer: (d) wall
18.The little boy asked his mother why a baker's dozen was thirteen. She replied that it
comes from the former custom among bakers of adding an extra roll as a safeguard against
the possibility of 12 weighing light.
answer: (a) dozen
19.I don't like to drink alcohol often — just every once in a blue moon with my friends.
answer: (d) blue
20.He went berserk after his boss fired him. Now he's in jail. answer: (d) berserk
21.The reason that Sarah had been divulging company secrets was that she was being
blackmailed. The CEO of her competitor's firm said that if she didn't reveal the information,
he would tell Sarah's husband that she was having an affair.
answer: (b) blackmailed
22.John booked his trip to New York. It had been over nine years since he had been to the
Big Apple. answer: (a) Apple
23.The manager decided to send in a new pitcher. He sent the starter, who had pitched the
first five innings, back to the bullpen.
answer: (b) bullpen
24.The hard part of the transition was over. It would be all blue skies from here. answer: (d)
skies
25.When Helen began looking for a job after college, she found that she couldn't get one
without work experience. She wondered how she could get any experience without getting a
job. She found this to be a major catch-22 in modern society.
answer: (c) catch-22
26.I am good at science and English, but mathematics is definitely not my strong suit.
answer: (a) suit
27.When his wife filed for divorce with no prior warning and sued for half of his assets, he
felt that she broadsided him in the worst way.
answer: (b) broadsided
28.Steve had been bamboozled by the used-car salesman. The car broke down a week after
he bought it. answer: (d) bamboozled
29.Unexpectedly, the prosecutors came up with evidence revealing that Matt had forged
documents for his company. They caught him with his pants down.
answer: (a) pants
8. 30.Serena had to stop swimming. The charley horse in her leg was too painful to keep going.
answer: (d) charley
31.Mark is always eager to argue about how this business should be run. He seems to have a
real chip on his shoulder about it.
answer: (b) chip
32.I obviously still don't understand the concepts we've been discussing in class. Every time
I answer the teacher's questions, she says "Close, but no cigar."
answer: (a) cigar
33.The lawyer didn't believe the story given by the defendant at all. It was just another one
of his cock and bull stories.
answer: (d) cock
34.You don't know anything about accounting. Did you get your degree out of a crackerjack
box? answer: (c) crackerjack
35.Billy could not fully wake up without at least one cup of joe every morning. answer: (b)
joe
36.The judge was getting bored as the witness rattled on and on. She wished the witness
would just cut to the chase.
answer: (d) cut
37.He is a(n) dead ringer for Brad Pitt. He looks exactly like him! answer: (a) dead
38.Journalists are under constant pressure to meet their deadlines. answer: (c) deadlines
39.Jennifer decided to play the devil's advocate in order to add another perspective to the
one-sided conversation.
answer: (d) advocate
40.I think he's a diamond in the rough. He needs training, but I see his potential and natural
talent. answer: (b) diamond
41.Tim Jesden can't afford that! He's dirt poor. answer: (c) dirt
42.After telling his grandmother that he wished she had bought him two Super Nintendo
games instead of one, his parents said that he shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
answer: (d) mouth
43.Jenny thought that the last problem on the test was a real doozy. It was much harder and
more complex than any of the previous problems.
answer: (a) doozy
44.The way the administration handled the oil spill was another one of their many snafus.
No one had any idea of what they were doing or what should be done.
answer: (c) snafus
45.The judge decided that in his opinion the new lawyer didn't know which end was up. He
made several rookie mistakes and didn't seem to know what to do next.
answer: (a) end
46.That dope is too dumb to do anything right.
answer: (c) dope
47.I used to be kind of a doughboy when I was little, but I lost most of the weight in my
teenage years. answer: (c) doughboy
48.Are you going to the drag races this weekend? It should be fun, because there will be a
lot of cars out there! answer: (a) races
49.He wasn't invited tovery many parties, since he drank like a fish and got argumentative
every time. answer: (d) drank
50.They decided to do a dry run before they had to give the presentation to the board of
directors. answer: (b) run
51.A tree fell on his house right after his car broke down. This was a double whammy that
he could not afford. answer: (d) whammy
9. 52."Before we get down to business, let's eat, drink and be merry," the CEO said after
everyone had arrived. answer: (b) merry
53."You are not going to get your tongue pierced no matter how much you argue-- end of
story," the father said to his rebellious 13-year-old.
answer: (a) end
54."You'll have to pardon my French," the lady said, "but I hate this damn city!" answer: (d)
French
55. After he crashed his parents' van, he knew that he would have to go home and face the
music. answer: (c) face
56.We were so hungry that the minute we walked through the door of the all-you-can-eat
buffet restaurant, the feeding frenzy began.
answer: (a) frenzy
57.Once the media find out that the movie star was drinking and driving, they are going to
have a field day with this information.
answer: (c) field
58. "Wow, Margy, you're a very good cook. These chicken wings are finger-licking good!"
answer: (c) licking
59.He had found that there were a lot of good deals on used tools and furniture at the local
flea market. answer: (d) flea
60.She felt uncomfortable going to the local bar by herself. It had the reputation of being a
meat market. answer: (b) meat
61.After finding out that he had a son, Ray had to find him. He was bothered that his own
flesh and blood was out there somewhere and Ray didn't even know him.
answer: (d) blood
62.I like the idea, but I don't think it's going to fly because there isn't enough funding for the
start-up fees. answer: (a) fly
63.I wish I could hear what they are saying in that meeting. If only I were a fly on the wall
for a little while! answer: (b) fly
64."You have no case," the lawyer told her client. "I know you want to sue them because
they have a lot of money, but you're chasing fool's gold here."
answer: (d) gold
65.The mail carrier was shocked when the man went to get his mail without his clothes —
he was in the full monty.
answer: (c) monty
66."No, that's everything, Mr. Jones. That's the whole shebang," the waiter said when
questioned whether any more food was coming.
answer: (a) shebang
67.Our manager has been acting erratic lately. If she gets any crazier, we're going to have to
send her to the funny farm.
answer: (c) funny
68.Serge could do mathematics if he had to, but the subject was definitely not his forte.
answer: (b) forte
69."Our manager sounds angry today. He must have got up on the wrong side of the bed
today," the secretary told her coworker.
answer: (d) side
70."I don't believe in sticking my neck out for anybody. It's better to worry about yourself
and not look for trouble," he thought.
answer: (b) neck
71.She decided that she was not going to go out on a limb for anyone anymore. She was sick
of trying to help people who weren't appreciative.
10. answer: (a) limb
72.He always found that when he went the extra mile for his customers, it paid off and they
eventually became return clients.
answer: (d) mile
73.The good Samaritan who stopped at the accident scene to help the family after their car
crash was on the front page of the daily paper on Monday.
answer: (c) good
74."I know I didn't meet my goals last month," the computer programmer said to the
manager, "but I've got my mojo working again and I've surpassed all of the goals this
month."
answer: (a) mojo
75.Life is so much better now that I work during the day instead of the graveyard shift.
answer: (c) graveyard
76.My manager is very gung-ho about my idea for the new product, and he has made it the
first priority in our department.
answer: (a) gung-ho
77.He saw the writing on the wall. Without a miracle, the business he had worked so hard to
create would be broke within the next year.
answer: (b) writing
78.Steve must have a(n) ax to grind with the billing department. He criticizes or insults them
in every meeting we have.
answer: (a) ax
79.After getting the promotion he had been waiting for, he gave each one of his friends in
the department a high five.
answer: (c) five
80.If he made as much money this year as he did last year, he can afford to live pretty high
on the hog. answer: (d) hog
81.He was very tired after a long day at work and decided to hit the hay as soon as he got
home. answer: (c) hit
82.When he explained the problem to his coworkers, they all agreed that he knew what he
was talking about. He really hit the nail on the head.
answer: (c) head
83."Hold your horses, young man! There's no reason to speed!" the grandmother said to her
grandson as he spun his tires out of the driveway.
answer: (c) horses
84."Houston, we have a(n) problem," a construction worker said as the wall that they just
put up fell down. answer: (b) problem
85."I'll have his head on a platter!" the enraged boss said when he found evidence that
revealed one of his employees was stealing from him.
answer: (d) head
86.When the soccer player kicked yet another goal near the very end of the game, he knew
that the game was in the bag.
answer: (a) bag
87.The artist struggled to paint the naked lady posing in front of him. It was the first painting
of a person in the buff that he had ever attempted.
answer: (c) buff
88.His was the winning basket. "In your face!" the boy yelled to the other basketball team.
answer: (b) face
89."He was driving like a bat out of hell! He was going 140 MPH when I pulled him over!"
the policeman said. answer: (a) bat
11. 90.John is 89 years old, and he was really surprised when the policeman actually wrote him
a ticket for jaywalking.
answer: (d) jaywalking
91.He didn't want to think about getting a perfect score before his next exam because he was
afraid he would jinx himself.
answer: (c) jinx
92."Don't get mad at Tommy's joking around. He is just joshing you," Billy said to his friend
Joey. answer: (a) joshing
93.Everyone was waiting for Grandpa Joe to kick the bucket. He had cancer for many years
and the doctor said that he only had a year to live.
answer: (b) bucket
94.He apologized for losing his temper after his wife told him that she had spent a lot of
money. It was just a knee-jerk reaction. He hadn't planned it and he now regretted it.
answer: (c) reaction
95.He thought he would get the promotion on Monday. "Knock on wood," he said to
himself. answer: (d) wood
96.Everyone agreed that Jim was too arrogant, and they wanted to knock him down a peg.
answer: (b) peg
97."Once you know the ropes better, we will give you more responsibility," the boss said to
the new trainee. answer: (d) ropes
98.Before he made a decision, the army sergeant wanted to see which way the wind was
blowing at the command headquarters.
answer: (c) blowing
99."Last but not least, Rebecca!" the emcee said as he introduced the final contestant of the
evening. answer: (a) least
100. It took a lot of money to run the presidential campaign, but the third-party candidate
thought he could win if he could only level the playing field. However, he couldn't get as
much media exposure as the richer candidates.
answer: (d) field
