Sayings

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• Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Deep and careful attention to private thoughts - especially about a moral problem
burn one's boats/bridges
keep/have an open mind
soul-searching
Hobson's choice


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

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3. To try to make people believe that something is not very important - or that it is not likely to happen
play down something or play something down
pull someone's leg
the bottom line
point of fact


4. Money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away.; It is good to save money.
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
be as good as one's word
soul-searching
a penny saved is a penny earned


5. Plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening
castles in the air
be up for something
Down to earth
catch somebody off (their) guard


6. To put up with something painful or difficult
Where there's a will there's a way!
stomach (verb)
castles in the air
Don't take my word for it.


7. To exhaust the supply of: ran out of fuel.
soul-searching
run out of
bite someone's head off
have smoke/steam coming out of one's ears


8. To keep a promise

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

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10. Eccentric - unconventional
pull someone's leg
fall in love
a penny saved is a penny earned
off the wall


11. To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them
it's better than nothing.
bite someone's head off
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
fall in love


12. 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)
castles in the air
step on it
point of fact


13. Having to make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant
a penny saved is a penny earned
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall
between a rock and a hard place
put all one's eggs in one basket


14. 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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15. To want to do something and to be able to do it
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
bite someone's head off
be up for something
My life flashed before my eyes.


16. 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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17. To catch a person at a time of carelessness
castles in the air
Hobson's choice
have smoke/steam coming out of one's ears
catch somebody off (their) guard


18. Used to tell someone to drive faster or to hurry
bite someone's head off
step on it
My life flashed before my eyes.
walk a mile in someone's shoes


19. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.
fall in love
Every cloud has a silver lining.
be up for something
bite someone's head off


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

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

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22. To invent something - especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way
burn one's boats/bridges
cook up something or cook something up
be up for something
stomach (verb)


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

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

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25. The most important fact in a situation
the bottom line
go in for something
Curiosity killed the cat.
point of fact


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

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27. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly
Where there's a will there's a way!
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
Down to earth
go in for something


28. To meet someone you know when you are not expecting to meet them; to find accidentally
be up for something
castles in the air
run across somebody
Every cloud has a silver lining.


29. To be very angry about something

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30. When the body confronts danger and freezes - people report seeing visual images of their lives
My life flashed before my eyes.
wear somebody down
between a rock and a hard place
pull someone's leg


31. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something
soul-searching
run out of
Curiosity killed the cat.
step on it


32. To describe a situation in a particular way
Every cloud has a silver lining.
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
burn one's boats/bridges
beat/bang/rap/hit one's head against the wall


33. A question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence
between a rock and a hard place
fall in love
give somebody a piece of one's mind
point of fact


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

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35. Practical and realistic
burn one's boats/bridges
wear somebody down
Down to earth
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork


36. To make someone feel tired and less able to argue
wear somebody down
give somebody a piece of one's mind
cook up something or cook something up
go in for something


37. 1. to do something regularly - or to enjoy something 2. to take part in a competition
go in for something
bite someone's head off
give somebody a piece of one's mind
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something


38. A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one
stomach (verb)
jack of all trades - master of none
Don't take my word for it.
the bottom line


39. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas
burn one's boats/bridges
bite someone's head off
keep/have an open mind
off the wall


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

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