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english
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trivia
Instructions:
Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To make someone feel tired and less able to argue
castles in the air
wear somebody down
walk a mile in someone's shoes
give somebody a piece of one's mind
2. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.
My life flashed before my eyes.
step on it
walk a mile in someone's shoes
Every cloud has a silver lining.
3. A free choice in which only one option is offered; a choice between taking the option or not; 'take it or leave it'
4. Money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away.; It is good to save money.
between a rock and a hard place
a penny saved is a penny earned
Down to earth
cook up something or cook something up
5. To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
6. Used to tell someone to drive faster or to hurry
Don't take my word for it.
step on it
castles in the air
Down to earth
7. To meet someone you know when you are not expecting to meet them; to find accidentally
cook up something or cook something up
run across somebody
castles in the air
catch somebody off (their) guard
8. To catch a person at a time of carelessness
stomach (verb)
catch somebody off (their) guard
Where there's a will there's a way!
pull someone's leg
9. To invent something - especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way
a penny saved is a penny earned
cook up something or cook something up
keep/have an open mind
walk a mile in someone's shoes
10. Having to make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant
My life flashed before my eyes.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
between a rock and a hard place
catch somebody off (their) guard
11. 1. to do something regularly - or to enjoy something 2. to take part in a competition
play down something or play something down
castles in the air
go in for something
jack of all trades - master of none
12. Something that you say which means it is possible to do anything if you are very determined to do it
13. To describe a situation in a particular way
go in for something
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
wear somebody down
walk a mile in someone's shoes
14. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
castles in the air
off the wall
15. To destroy all possible ways of going back to a situation
16. You should try to understand someone before criticizing them.
17. Practical and realistic
My life flashed before my eyes.
Curiosity killed the cat.
between a rock and a hard place
Down to earth
18. A question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence
point of fact
Down to earth
pull someone's leg
run out of
19. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something
be up for something
Curiosity killed the cat.
castles in the air
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
20. This is what I think. I may not be correct. You should solicit additional opinions.
21. Having something that is not satisfactory is better than having nothing at all.
22. A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one
keep/have an open mind
off the wall
jack of all trades - master of none
castles in the air
23. The most important fact in a situation
be up for something
the bottom line
catch somebody off (their) guard
have smoke/steam coming out of one's ears
24. Eccentric - unconventional
the bottom line
between a rock and a hard place
off the wall
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
25. To put up with something painful or difficult
Don't take my word for it.
stomach (verb)
pull someone's leg
Down to earth
26. To try to make people believe that something is not very important - or that it is not likely to happen
it's better than nothing.
play down something or play something down
keep/have an open mind
Where there's a will there's a way!
27. When the body confronts danger and freezes - people report seeing visual images of their lives
run out of
off the wall
My life flashed before my eyes.
catch somebody off (their) guard
28. To want to do something and to be able to do it
be up for something
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
go in for something
jack of all trades - master of none
29. To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them
Curiosity killed the cat.
fall in love
the bottom line
be as good as one's word
30. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas
keep/have an open mind
jack of all trades - master of none
stomach (verb)
a penny saved is a penny earned
31. To be very angry about something
32. To respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment
33. Deep and careful attention to private thoughts - especially about a moral problem
soul-searching
Where there's a will there's a way!
be up for something
go in for something
34. To risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action
35. To tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them
36. An alcoholic drink that you drink to cure the pain in your head that was caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
jack of all trades - master of none
wear somebody down
soul-searching
37. To keep a promise
38. To waste one's time in a hopeless enterprise
39. Plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening
keep/have an open mind
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
bite someone's head off
castles in the air
40. To exhaust the supply of: ran out of fuel.
run out of
put all one's eggs in one basket
pull someone's leg
Every cloud has a silver lining.