Sayings

Instructions:

• Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. When the body confronts danger and freezes - people report seeing visual images of their lives
catch somebody off (their) guard
the bottom line
My life flashed before my eyes.
cook up something or cook something up


2. To put up with something painful or difficult
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
stomach (verb)
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
Curiosity killed the cat.


3. To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them
pull someone's leg
fall in love
give somebody a piece of one's mind
have smoke/steam coming out of one's ears


4. A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one
be up for something
Don't take my word for it.
cook up something or cook something up
jack of all trades - master of none


5. 1. to do something regularly - or to enjoy something 2. to take part in a competition
wear somebody down
My life flashed before my eyes.
go in for something
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork


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

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7. To catch a person at a time of carelessness
wear somebody down
catch somebody off (their) guard
walk a mile in someone's shoes
keep/have an open mind


8. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas
bite someone's head off
My life flashed before my eyes.
keep/have an open mind
play down something or play something down


9. To try to make people believe that something is not very important - or that it is not likely to happen
soul-searching
a penny saved is a penny earned
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
play down something or play something down


10. To exhaust the supply of: ran out of fuel.
Don't take my word for it.
cook up something or cook something up
run out of
play down something or play something down


11. To want to do something and to be able to do it
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
be up for something
between a rock and a hard place
a penny saved is a penny earned


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

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

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14. To keep a promise

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15. Plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening
run out of
castles in the air
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
catch somebody off (their) guard


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

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17. An alcoholic drink that you drink to cure the pain in your head that was caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before
Don't take my word for it.
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
it's better than nothing.
run out of


18. The most important fact in a situation
put all one's eggs in one basket
stomach (verb)
the bottom line
run out of


19. Used to tell someone to drive faster or to hurry
step on it
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
wear somebody down
fall in love


20. To describe a situation in a particular way
soul-searching
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
castles in the air
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something


21. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly
pull someone's leg
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
step on it
soul-searching


22. Eccentric - unconventional
Don't take my word for it.
My life flashed before my eyes.
off the wall
Hobson's choice


23. A question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence
between a rock and a hard place
point of fact
keep/have an open mind
cook up something or cook something up


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

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25. Money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away.; It is good to save money.
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
jack of all trades - master of none
a penny saved is a penny earned
step on it


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

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

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

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29. To be very angry about something

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30. Having to make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant
a penny saved is a penny earned
play down something or play something down
between a rock and a hard place
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall


31. To meet someone you know when you are not expecting to meet them; to find accidentally
be up for something
point of fact
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
run across somebody


32. Deep and careful attention to private thoughts - especially about a moral problem
soul-searching
Don't take my word for it.
pull someone's leg
the bottom line


33. To invent something - especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
cook up something or cook something up
point of fact
pull someone's leg


34. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something
Curiosity killed the cat.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
keep/have an open mind
be up for something


35. To make someone feel tired and less able to argue
wear somebody down
soul-searching
Where there's a will there's a way!
point of fact


36. 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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37. Practical and realistic
bite someone's head off
be as good as one's word
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
Down to earth


38. 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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39. To waste one's time in a hopeless enterprise

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40. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.
play down something or play something down
My life flashed before my eyes.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
soul-searching