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TOEFL Vocab: English Idioms
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 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. Dishonestly use your position to get money for yourself
2. People that you don't know or think are not important
get the sack
every Tom - Dick and/or Harry
spirit of adventure
the good old days
3. Failed completely
sink like a stone
a flash in a pan
put your foot in it
be given/ get his marching order
4. Immediately
take a shine to
put your foot in it
right of the bat
see the joke
5. Start to listen carefully
to clip someone's wings
the frosting on the cake
prick ones ears up
sit on the fence
6. Control something firmly and effectively
a flash in a pan
see the joke
to see reason
run a tight ship
7. Take action to get something into a good condition
to clip someone's wings
knock into shape
like the cat that ate the canary
to see reason
8. To be the most important or noticeable thing or person
to take center stage
to see reason
cold cash
a flash in a pan
9. Argue violently all the time
catch some z's
fight like cats and dogs
take a shine to
to clip someone's wings
10. Understanding the importance of something
to se the point
part and parcel
run a tight ship
throw someone a curveball
11. Recieve strong criticism
make a name for
feather one's own nest
to get/ take flak
the frosting on the cake
12. Remembering the past nostalgically
right of the bat
is fresh out of
the good old days
spirit of adventure
13. Delay making a decision when they have to choose between two different options in a dispute
to pull rank
sit on the fence
cold cash
take the cake
14. A debt that one owes someone for moral rather than financial reason
bluff your way
debt of honour
put your foot in it
know your place
15. Has just finished or sold all its supply
feather one's own nest
run its course
debt of honour
is fresh out of
16. To immediately like something/someone
throw someone a curveball
take a shine to
get off your backside
sit on the fence
17. Stop being lazy (very informal)
be beyond the pale
open the door to
right of the bat
get off your backside
18. Used informally to describe something the speaker finds very annoying
debt of honour
every Tom - Dick and/or Harry
run a tight ship
take the cake
19. Suddenly understanding something
is fresh out of
get off your backside
to see light
fight like cats and dogs
20. Something that happens only once
a flash in a pan
catch some z's
take a shine to
be beyond the pale
21. Something that makes a good thing even better
the frosting on the cake
put your foot in it
get off your backside
catch some z's
22. Do something careless or stupid
someone drops the ball
to clip someone's wings
fight like cats and dogs
spirit of adventure
23. Gained a better position - or more money - than before
sit on the fence
curl your lip
like the cat that ate the canary
going up in the world
24. To limit someone's freedom
25. Become sensible/ reasonable
cry buckets
to see reason
take the cake
someone drops the ball
26. Very pleased with oneself (informal - usually collocates with 'look' - 'grin' or 'smile')
see the joke
like the cat that ate the canary
open the door to
right of the bat
27. Sleep (informal)
28. Surprise them with something difficult or unpleasant to deal with
hopping mad
throw someone a curveball
part and parcel
cold cash
29. Hard - boring work
going up in the world
sink like a stone
grunt work
up-to-the-minute
30. Cry a lot (informal)
grunt work
see the joke
take a shine to
cry buckets
31. Accept your low position within society without trying to improve it
cold cash
know your place
see the joke
grunt work
32. Come to a natural end
to get/ take flak
put your foot in it
run its course
is fresh out of
33. Become famous or respected for
take the cake
make a name for
a flash in a pan
to pull rank
34. Doing something extremely well - better than they had hoped
to see light
is fresh out of
know your place
someone is batting a thousand
35. New
every Tom - Dick and/or Harry
up-to-the-minute
see the joke
take a shine to
36. Money in form of cash or notes - not a cheque or credit card
cold cash
get the sack
put your foot in it
part and parcel
37. Very angry
hopping mad
sit on the fence
is fresh out of
know no bounds
38. Pretend to be in a weaker or stronger position than is really the case
bluff your way
to clip someone's wings
feather one's own nest
run a tight ship
39. Enthusiasm for adventurous activities
make a name for
spirit of adventure
sit on the fence
take the cake
40. Be unacceptable
debt of honour
to pull rank
put your foot in it
be beyond the pale
41. To sneer; show disrespect
curl your lip
throw someone a curveball
knock into shape
going up in the world
42. Understand something
to get/ take flak
be given/ get his marching order
see the joke
run a tight ship
43. Be extreme
is fresh out of
know no bounds
cold cash
run its course
44. Give something a new start
to see reason
open the door to
spirit of adventure
get off your backside
45. Use the power his (manager) position gives him to make them (employees) do something
to pull rank
cold cash
spirit of adventure
to se the point
46. Has little or no value
not worth a dime
be given/ get his marching order
debt of honour
get off your backside
47. Be dismissed from your job
know no bounds
knock into shape
make a name for
get the sack
48. A necessary part of an event or experience which cannot be avoided
take a shine to
the good old days
the frosting on the cake
part and parcel
49. Lose his job
be given/ get his marching order
to take center stage
catch some z's
the frosting on the cake
50. Say something accidentally which upsets or embarrasses someone
put your foot in it
catch some z's
the frosting on the cake
hopping mad