Common Idioms

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Common Idioms Quiz

Test your knowledge of common idioms with this engaging quiz! Whether you're a language enthusiast or just looking to brush up on your idiomatic expressions, this quiz has something for everyone.

10 multiple choice questions
Learn new phrases while having fun
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10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by TalkingTree425

A situation in which people are very angry or upset about something that is not important.

A blessing in disguise

Storm in a teacup

To pony up

Apple of my eye

To something or someone that one cherishes above all others

Apple of my eye

A dime a dozen

Break even

Fly off the handle

To become calm and not so excited or worried

Beat around the bush

Midas touch

Sacred Cow

Cool your jets

Lose one's temper suddenly and unexpectedly.

Bite the bullet

Living hand to mouth

Fly off the handle

In a pickle

To do or say something in order to show that you want to end a disagreement with someone

Break a leg

Extend the olive branch

As genuine as a three-dollar bill

Have your ducks in a row

To be stuck in a difficult situation

Hit the sack

In a pickle

Bring home the bacon

Cool your jets

Make all the preparations needed to do something; get everything organized.

Have your ducks in a row

On the ball

Make a mountain out of a molehill

Pie in the sky

Something good that is unlikely to happen

Twist someone’s arm

Sell ice to Eskimos

Pie in the sky

Whole nine yards

One that is often unreasonably immune from criticism or opposition

Go cold turkey

Bury your head in the sand

Extend the olive branch

Sacred cow

Everything, the whole lot

To have sticky fingers

Clear as mud

Whole nine yards

Sacred cow

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