VOCABULARY QUESTIONS - 37

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Question 1 of 10

Choose the correct option for “couch potato”:

a) tears that are insincere

b) a lazy person who usually spends time on watching television

c) a genuinely charitable person

d) to fee the effect of not having enough money

Question 2 of 10

Choose the correct option for “the carrot and the stick policy”:

a) to draw up a written document

b) to waste efforts on something when there is no chance

c) see a meaning which is suggested but not openly stated

d) reward and punishment

Question 3 of 10

"A wild goose chase” means:

a) a useful attempt

b) a foolish attempt

c) chasing a goose

d) killing a goose

Question 4 of 10

"To read between lines” means:

a) to suspect

b) to read carefully

c) to understand the hidden meaning of the writer

d) to do useless things

Question 5 of 10

Choose the correct option for “a flash in the pan”:

a) something that has a strong start but quickly fails

b) something that is very unpleasant but which must be accepted

c) a person who is rougha nd clumsy

d) to be in an uncomfortable position

Question 6 of 10

"I readily closed with his offer” means:

a) I readily accepted his offer

b) I readily rejected his offer

c) I readily liked his offer

d) I readily thanked his offer

Question 7 of 10

She responded to him at the drop of a hat. Meaning close to the idiom underlined:

a) the hat falling down

b) anxiously

c) reluctantly

d) instantly

Question 8 of 10

Complete the sentence using the appropriate idiom: Be careful lest you ..............................

a) get into hot water

b) get the better of

c) hold water

d) wash one’s hand of

Question 9 of 10

My grand father usually had forty winks after lunch. The underlined words mean:

a) a short walk

b) a short sleep

c) read for a while

d) a short talk

Question 10 of 10

Complete the sentence using the appropriate idiom: The manager insisted that the agreement must be made .................

a) on cloud nine

b) once in a blue moon

c) to make both ends meet

d) in black and white

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