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