English: idioms and vocabulary

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What does it mean "to scrap the bottom of the barrel"?

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To choose the worst
To live with little money
To be about to die
To be of the desired stantard

Question 2

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What's the name of this?

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Apron
Ample
Plateau

Question 3

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Choose those options that are positive, happy, good, desirable, etc.

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Up and about
In the black
To be state-of-the-art
To be all the rage
To have stood the test of time
To be living in clover
Not to be able to hold a candle to
Down and out
Living rough
To be nothing but skin and bones

Question 4

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Choose those options related to age or time.

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To be past it
To be living in the past
Till the cows come home
For donkey's years
Round-the-clock
Not to be all it's cracked up to be
Get into the swing
In clover
An old flame
Pick up the tab

Question 5

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How do I say "to produce good results"?

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To bear fruit
To mean business
To be up to scratch

Question 6

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What is the correct and accurate expression to mean "active after an illness"?

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Up and about
Alive and kicking
Touch and go
As strong as an ox

Question 7

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If I'm in the red, I'm feeling the pinch, so I may be in a tight corner and have to tighten my belt.

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True
False

Question 8

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To live until a very old age is to live to a...

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...ripe old age
...round-the-clock age
...donkey's year

Question 9

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Choose those adjectives you think suit the car shown in the picture.

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Past it
As old as the hills
The last word
And old flame

Question 10

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Which of these options means "to observe carefully"?

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To keep tabs on
To convey
To fiddle around

Question 11

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To annoy somebody too much, is to drive him/her

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Round the bend
Crazy
Head over heals

Question 12

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If someone is an old of flame of mine, I'm head over heels in love with him/her.

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True
False

Question 13

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What is the name of the person who directs and coordinates a TV or radio programme?

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Anchorman
Sexpot
Sailor

Question 14

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Choose those options related to sleep.

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Doze
Nap
Kip
Siesta
Drowsy
Nod
Tear down
Clot
Whim
Smooth

Question 15

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To be suffering because of lack of money is to be

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Feeling the pinch
In black
At the end of one's tether
Past it

Question 16

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You can't be as poor as a church mouse and living rough at the same time.

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True
False

Question 17

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What adjective do you use to describe a child who's at home without an adult?

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Latchkey
Leak
Whim
Loo
Shapely
Brat

Question 18

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What is it to be "like putty in somebody's hands"?

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To be submissive.
To be thin, ill and weak.
To be old.
To love or be loved.

Question 19

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If something is among my interests, it's

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Right up my street
In my element
Off the beaten track

Question 20

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You can't join the jet set and keep up with the Joneses.

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True
False

Question 21

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If something broke the mould, it also broke new ground.

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True
False

Question 22

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You can't be an up-and-coming business man at the same time you're going downhill.

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True
False

Question 23

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If you're one of the big guns, you may call the shots.

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True
False

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