Idioms Quiz 6

What does the idiom mean?: I spent an hour cooling my heels in the waiting room while the doctor saw other patients.

Waiting for something and it's annoying you.

Waiting patiently.

Putting your feet in cold water.

What does the idiom mean?: The situation finally came to a head when she failed to show up at school.

The situation is over.

The situation reached crisis point.

The situation is no longer important.

What does the idiom mean?: Your suggestion that we solve all of these problems at one time is boiling the ocean.

The suggestion is too ambitious.

The suggestion will cause a climate crisis.

The situation is easy to solve.

What does the idiom mean?: They eat like a horse.

They don't eat.

They eat a lot.

The eat only vegetables.

What does the idiom mean?: It takes courage to go against the grain and stand up for what you believe in.

To not do something because it goes against your principals.

To run in the other direction.

To not eat grain.

What does the idiom mean?: He only wrote one hit single; his music career was pretty much a flash in the pan.

He is very successful.

He's only done something great once and it won't be repeated.

He uses pyrotechnics at his concerts.

What does the idiom mean?: My roommate is such a gossip I find it hard to let my hair down in my own home.

To be relaxed and behave informally.

To take your hair out of a ponytail.

To get a hair cut.

What does the idiom mean?: The doctor's advice is to let the fever run its course.

Take a course of antibiotics for the fever.

Let the fever continue until it finishes.

Cool the fever down with a compress.

What does the idiom mean?: When the opportunity came I paid him back in his own coin.

I treated him the same way he treated me.

I paid him in his currency.

I paid him back in full.

What does the idiom mean?: I am caught between the devil and the deep blue sea when I witness a coworker stealing company property.

I am physically caught in a tight space.

I am caught between two undesirable alternatives.

I like to swim in the sea.

What does the idiom mean?: Let's clear the decks and then we can start cooking dinner.

To remove all hurtles in the way of starting dinner.

To clean the kitchen decks.

To clean the boat kitchen deck.