English Idioms

English Idioms and Expressions / Advanced level # 1
English Animal Idioms
Q1 There are times when you must decide and take the bull by the horns.
(a) make the right decision
(c) make a bold decision
(b) make the wrong decision
(d) make a final decision

Q2 He leads a dog's life really because his freedom is always curtailed.
(a) never knows what to do
(c) never goes out
(b) sometimes does something wrong
(d) never does what he wants

Q3 No-one ever mentions him because he's regarded as the black sheep of the family.
(a) the one with a sense of humour
(c) the one who is always late
(b) the one with a bad reputation
(d) the one who never washes

Q4 I shouldn't go outside without a raincoat because it's raining cats and dogs.
(a) it's just started to rain
(c) it's raining very heavily
(b) it's going to rain
(d) it's raining a little

Q5 You shouldn't sign there I think he's about to make a monkey out of you.
(a) to make a fool of you
(c) to make you feel stupid
(b) to make you lose money
(d) to make you lose interest

Q6 It's a lovely house and very big but nobody uses it so it's a bit of a white elephant.
(a) something very beautiful and useful
(c) something very cheap and useless
(b) something very big and useful
(d) something very expensive and useless

Q7 When the business folded, he took the lion's share of the assets.
(a) the easiest part
(b) the smallest part
(c) the biggest part
(d) the only part

Q8 Without my glasses I can't see where I'm going in fact I'm as blind as a bat.
(a) very short sighted
(b) very long sighted
(c) very far sighted
(d) very clear sighted

Q9 I get very irritated sometimes because they're always up with the lark and I like to lie in.
(a) up very easily
(b) up very early
(c) up very often
(d) up very noisily

Q10 I would advise you to do that as well and in that way you'll kill two birds with one stone.
(a) get things done twice
(c) get two things done at the same time
(b) get something done two times
(d) get two things done twice