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Title: Idioms


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Idioms
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Question 1
The voice of a person that sounds scratchy or
clogged up
  • The meaning of the idiom
  • without
  • batting an eye is

To go crazy and be really excited
Showing no emotion, acting as though nothing
was unusual
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Question 2
In a straight line by the shortest
  • The meaning of the idiom free as a bird is

A person who is free to do whatever he or she
wants to
Something that is almost impossible to find
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Question 2 bonus
Experience more than one wants to, learn a hard
lesson
  • Choose the correct meaning for the idiom used in
    the following sentence After John's friend,
    Walter, fell while they were mountain climbing,
    they saw the elephant and went home.

Annoy or anger someone
To keep quiet because saying something would
only cause trouble
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Question 3
one who arrives first has the best chance for
success
  • The meaning of the idiom early bird catches the
    worm is

the least respected member of a group
make plans based on events that may or may not
happen
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Wrong answer
  • Sorry please try again

Return to question
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A correct answer
  • Youre Right

To the question page
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YOU ARE A WINNER!!!
  • Super work

Play again
Quit game
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Game over
  • I you would like to know more Idioms visit
  • http//www.funbrain.com/idioms/

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Question 4
being able to take things as they come
  • The meaning of the idiom make up one's mind is

to feel unwell or ill
to decide what to do
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Question 5
To confront unpleasantness especially the
consequences of ones errors
  • The meaning of the idiom face the music is

Very sincerely
Just barely, very narrowly
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Question 6
Like a chicken with its head cut off
  • The idiom whose meaning is in a wild, crazy
    manner is

Break a leg
Dead duck
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Question 7
as the crow flies
  • The idiom whose meaning is in a straight line, by
    the shortest route is

till the cows come home
chicken out
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Question 8
Shaggy-dog story
  • The idiom whose meaning is to rain very heavily
    is

Rain cats and dogs
Dead duck
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Question 9
Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior
into something attractive or valuable
  • Choose the correct meaning for the idiom used in
    the following sentence Trying to convince
    teachers to extend recess time is like beating a
    dead horse.

Try to revive interest in a hopeless issue
Best chance for success
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Question 10
Cheap skate
  • The idiom whose meaning is a penny-pinching
    person is

Beside oneself
Bound up in
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