BBC | British Council IDIOMS 1 For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer
1. a. b. c. d.
If you feel "Like a fish ________ water" you feel in the wrong place. in under out of over
2. a. b. c. d.
His name definitely rings ________, although I can’t put a face to it. a memory a thought a bell a clock
3. a. b. c. d.
Choose a more formal alternative for the words in bold. Take your umbrella with you - it's raining cats and dogs ! It's very hot It's raining a little It will rain soon It's raining heavily
4. a. b. c. d.
I'm very suspicious of this deal. I can smell ________ a rabbit a rose a rat a fish
5. a. b. c. d.
To "_______ around the bush" is an idiom which means to avoid speaking about something directly. run beat talk look
6. a. b. c. d.
If you make fun of someone, you "pull his or her ________.� arm finger leg toe
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IDIOMS 1 answers 1. a. b. c. d.
2. a. b. c. d.
3. a. b. c. d.
4. a. b. c. d.
Wrong. Wrong. Correct. The answer is 'Like a fish OUT OF water' Wrong
Wrong. Wrong. Correct. The answer is 'a bell'. If something 'rings a bell', it is familiar to you. Wrong.
Wrong. But you could say, 'It's very wet out there'. Wrong. Wrong, although many people in Britain take an umbrella with them whatever the weather. Correct. 'It's raining cats and dogs' means that it is raining heavily.
Wrong, but to pull a rabbit out of a hat would be a good trick. Wrong, but at least it smells nice Correct. To smell a rat is to be suspicious. Wrong, although you could say that the deal is a bit 'FISHY'. In other words you are suspicious of it.
5. a. b. c. d.
Wrong. Correct. Wrong. Wrong.
6. a. b. c. d.
Wrong. Wrong. Correct. Wrong.
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