IDIOMS 3

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For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.

1. According to the proverb, 'There's no smoke without _______'.

a. matches
b. cigarettes
c. burning the dinner
d. fire


2. If you memorise something, for example a poem or speech so you know it without reading it, you learn it of by _______ .

a. memory
b. heart
c. eye
d. ear


3. If you tell the truth after initially lying, you _______ .

a. come clean
b. go clean
c. come dirty
d. go dirty


4. "People who live in glass houses ________ ".

a. shouldn't walk around naked.
b. should always buy curtains.
c. shouldn't throw stones.
d. clean their windows regularly.


5. "He's turned over a new leaf" What has he done?

a. He's made a new start, promised to be better.
b. He's taken an interest in gardening.
c. He's started a new job
d. He's been collecting insects.


6. If you've been 'burning the candle at both ends', you have ________ .

a. been having lots of dinner parties.
b. working hard and going to bed late.
c. going to church a lot.
d. experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.


 

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