English Idioms and Expressions

    Q1. His wife never lets him do what he wants and as a result he “leads a dog's life”.

 (a)  easts what he can

 (b) never sleeps

       (c) has an unhappy time

       (d) goes everywhere on foot

   Q2. A word of warning: don't let him “make a monkey of you”.

      (a) make you jump up and down

      (b) make faces at you

      (c) make you spend your money

      (d) make a fool of you

     Q3. I would advise you to wait and see “which way the cat jumps”.

        (a) what develops (b) what goes (c) what comes (d) what falls

     Q4. I don't honestly think he is capable of being polite as “the leopard never changes his spots”.

         (a) people always complain

   (b)   people sometimes differ

   (c)   people never change

        (d) people often shout

    Q5. He's very greedy when it comes to eating and always takes the “lion's share of the food”.

        (a) last portion (b) smallest portion (c) first portion (d) largest portion

     Q6. I really don't know how to explain it as I am “completely foxed”.

          (a) absolutely sure   

          (b) absolutely convinced

          (c) absolutely confused

         (d) absolutely curious

    Q7. Until he is more serious in his job and stops “playing the goat”, he won't get any more money.

     (a)   arriving late all the time

     (b) eating too much all the time

         (c) making too much noise all the time

         (d) making jokes all the time

 

    Q8. He never makes any silly mistakes because he's got too much “horse sense”.

         (a) common sense (b) nonsense (c) absolute sense (d) full sense

     Q9. Charlie doesn't like getting too tired so he gets his assistant to do all the “donkey work”.

       (a) academic work (b) artwork (c) homework (d) hard work

     Q10. He doesn't really go around with many people because he's a bit of a “lone wolf”.

   (a)   single person (b) lonely person (c) unhappy person (d) simple person

            Answers of the above Questions:

           1.(c) has an unhappy time   2. (d) make a fool of you    3. (a) what develops   4. (c) people never  

            Change     5. (d) largest portion    6. (c) absolutely confused    7. (d) making jokes all the time 

              8. (a) common sense   9. (d) hard work    10. (b) lonely person