Halloween idioms

1. As silent as the dead means ___.

7. Dead men don't bite means ___.

a) unwilling to talk

a) dead people have no teeth

b) angry

b) a person with no job keeps quiet

c) completely silent

c) a sleeping person cannot eat

d) afraid to talk

d) a person who dies cannot hurt you

2. Be a dead duck means ___.

8. Dead men tell no tales means ___.

a) to be a poor swimmer

a) boring people are poor story tellers

b) to have failed or lost a contest

b) dead people will not betray secrets

c) to be cold and wet

c) unpopular people are seldom listened to

d) to be in a lot of trouble

d) tired people do not speak much

3. To cut someone dead means ___.

9. Dead on one's feet means ___.

a) murder with a knife

a) poor at dancing

b) ignore someone totally

b) extremely overweight

c) cause a fatal traffic accident

c) prone to tripping

d) interrupt someone's conversation

d) exhausted or worn out

4. Dead and buried means ___.

10. Another way to say Drop dead is ___.

a) forgotten

a) Wow! That's wonderful.

b) hidden

b) Go away and stop bothering me

c) gone forever

c) You are taking more than your share

d) well preserved

d) You have to be kidding

5. The dead center is ___.

11. Let the dead bury the dead means ___.

a) a cemetery

a) forget about past conflicts.

b) the city morgue

b) let licensed workers take care of dead bodies

c) the exact center of something

c) when you leave home, take nothing with you.

d) an abandoned inner city building

d) let old people take care of each other.

6. A dead loss is ___.

a) someone or something that is completely
useless
b) the number of people who died in a battle

12. To flog a dead horse means ___.

a) to do the very best job that is possible
b) to continue discussing something already
fully discussed

c) a bankrupt company

c) winning with very little effort

d) a fatal diet

d) to be cruel and punish all people around you

13. To knock someone dead means to ___.

18. Give the devil his due means ___.

a) cause death in the boxing ring

a) repaying past favors to someone you do not

b) surprise someone by visiting their home

like

c) put on a stunning performance

b) making a fresh start with a past foe

d) say bad things about a person who has died

c) crediting your enemy for something positive

d) avoiding trouble by being nice to a stranger

14. Never speak ill of the dead

a) Do not discuss the cause of death

19. Another way to say Have the devil to pay is

b) Do not try to communicate with someone

___.

who is dead

a) Be in a great deal of trouble.

c) Do not say bad things about a person who

b) Be in deep debt.

has died

c) Be pampered by a wealthy person.

d) Do not talk about someone while they are

sleeping

d) Not to bee generous to the poor.

20. He who sups with the devil should have a long

15. Another way to say over my dead body is ___.

spoon means ___.

a) The funeral arrangements are up to you.

a) to eat slowly in front of important people

b) I am so cold that I need a blanket.

b) be careful when dealing with dangerous

c) I have a headache.
d) Absolutely not, if I can stop you.
16. Taken for dead means ___.
a) sentenced to die
b) to be incorrectly listed as dead
c) to be allowed to visit a person before they die
d) assumed to be dead
17. Between the devil and the deep blue sea means ___.
a) he has drowned
b) he was faced with two equally undesirable
choices
c) he was buried at sea
d) The course of a persons life

people.
c) to share everything, even with your enemy
d) to try to eat as much as you can before others
do

Key:
1c, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5c, 6a, 7d, 8b, 9d, 10b, 11a, 12b, 13c,
14c, 15d, 16d, 17b, 18c, 19a, 20b

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