Question 1

I didn’t go to work yesterday. I was feeling _____.

A. a snowball effect
B. under the weather
C. on cloud nine

 B: Under the weather means sick; therefore, the person could

not go to work.

Question 2
Next month, I’ll have to renew my car insurance and take it for its
regular maintenance. It’ll ______.

A. cost me an arm and a leg

B. cost me an eye from the face
C. cost me my legs

 A: The correct idiom to show that something is very expensive

is cost me an arm and a leg.

Question 3
I almost didn’t make it. I handed in the assignment ______.

A. the elephant in the room

B. by the skin of my teeth
C. snowed under

 B: By the skin of my teeth means that you barely managed to

do something.

Question 4
I could spend hours telling you all about it, but to ______, I got fired.

A. cut to the chase

B. cut the story
C. make a long story short

 C: To make a long story short means to summarise or tell

something briefly.

Question 5
I was completely ______ at work today. I didn’t even have time to
check my emails.

A. cold turkey
B. under the weather
C. snowed under

 C: To be snowed under means to be very busy.

Question 6
I’m really sorry, I’ll have to ______. Can we catch up next Friday
instead?

A. take a rain check

B. run like the wind
C. give you the cold shoulder

 A: To take a rain check means to postpone a plan.

Question 7
It’s 11:30 p.m. I’m ready to ______.
 A. hang in there
B. hit the sack
C. break a leg

 B : To hit the sack means to go to sleep.

Question 8
The entire situation just _______ and we didn’t know what to do.

A. got out of hand

B. got out of my system
C. got the best of both worlds

A: When something gets out of hand, it means that it got out of

control.

Question 9
I’ll have to _______ and tell everyone what was happening.

A. call it a day
B. pull someone’s leg
C. let the cat out of the bag

 C: To let the cat out of the bag means to reveal a secret

carelessly or by mistake.

Question 10
I’m not sure where I’ve heard that before but it ____.

A. rings a bell
B. takes two to tango
C. is the elephant in the room
A: To ring a bell means to sound familiar.