Sayings

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 risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action

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2. To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

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3. Something that you say which means it is possible to do anything if you are very determined to do it

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4. To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them
stomach (verb)
have smoke/steam coming out of one's ears
keep/have an open mind
fall in love


5. A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one
jack of all trades - master of none
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
keep/have an open mind
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork


6. To make someone feel tired and less able to argue
wear somebody down
Curiosity killed the cat.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
go in for something


7. To catch a person at a time of carelessness
run across somebody
catch somebody off (their) guard
it's better than nothing.
play down something or play something down


8. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
give somebody a piece of one's mind
be up for something
catch somebody off (their) guard


9. You should try to understand someone before criticizing them.

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10. To want to do something and to be able to do it
give somebody a piece of one's mind
Every cloud has a silver lining.
be up for something
soul-searching


11. Practical and realistic
give somebody a piece of one's mind
Down to earth
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
off the wall


12. Money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away.; It is good to save money.
a penny saved is a penny earned
off the wall
it's better than nothing.
play down something or play something down


13. The most important fact in a situation
cook up something or cook something up
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
run out of
the bottom line


14. Having to make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant
keep/have an open mind
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
between a rock and a hard place
cook up something or cook something up


15. To destroy all possible ways of going back to a situation

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16. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas
give somebody a piece of one's mind
Curiosity killed the cat.
keep/have an open mind
Every cloud has a silver lining.


17. To be very angry about something

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18. Eccentric - unconventional
cook up something or cook something up
stomach (verb)
off the wall
run out of


19. This is what I think. I may not be correct. You should solicit additional opinions.

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20. When the body confronts danger and freezes - people report seeing visual images of their lives
run out of
Where there's a will there's a way!
My life flashed before my eyes.
it's better than nothing.


21. Deep and careful attention to private thoughts - especially about a moral problem
be up for something
soul-searching
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
castles in the air


22. To put up with something painful or difficult
put all one's eggs in one basket
keep/have an open mind
the bottom line
stomach (verb)


23. To try to make people believe that something is not very important - or that it is not likely to happen
keep/have an open mind
soul-searching
Hobson's choice
play down something or play something down


24. To respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment

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25. 1. to do something regularly - or to enjoy something 2. to take part in a competition
go in for something
the bottom line
step on it
be as good as one's word


26. Used to tell someone to drive faster or to hurry
step on it
be up for something
walk a mile in someone's shoes
soul-searching


27. Having something that is not satisfactory is better than having nothing at all.

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28. To meet someone you know when you are not expecting to meet them; to find accidentally
play down something or play something down
run across somebody
Don't take my word for it.
fall in love


29. To tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them

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30. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
soul-searching
play down something or play something down
step on it


31. To exhaust the supply of: ran out of fuel.
Where there's a will there's a way!
soul-searching
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
run out of


32. A question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence
Every cloud has a silver lining.
My life flashed before my eyes.
keep/have an open mind
point of fact


33. To invent something - especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way
stomach (verb)
Where there's a will there's a way!
cook up something or cook something up
between a rock and a hard place


34. Plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening
give somebody a piece of one's mind
castles in the air
soul-searching
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something


35. A free choice in which only one option is offered; a choice between taking the option or not; 'take it or leave it'

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36. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something
Where there's a will there's a way!
Curiosity killed the cat.
keep/have an open mind
be as good as one's word


37. An alcoholic drink that you drink to cure the pain in your head that was caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before
walk a mile in someone's shoes
give somebody a piece of one's mind
Don't take my word for it.
the hair of the dog (that bit you)


38. To keep a promise

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39. To describe a situation in a particular way
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
point of fact
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something


40. To waste one's time in a hopeless enterprise

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