Correct Spelling, Idiomatic Expressions with Meaning and Examples

Correct Spelling, Idiomatic Expressions with Meaning and Examples

  September 10, 2018    GlobeTm

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Correct Spelling, Idiomatic Expressions with Meaning and Examples

Instructions: Choose the meaning of the underlined phrases from the given choices.

1.  If you don’t spill the beans now, you might gonna regret it.

1.    spread rumors

2.    let out a secret

3.    plant some seeds

4.    none of the above

2.   Hey, man, you are absolutely barking up the wrong tree here because I’m innocent.

1.    choosing the wrong dog

2.    giving up a fight

3.    accusing the wrong person

4.    setting up an event in a tree

3.  One proven way to beat an enemy is find his Achilles heel.

1.    secret strategy

2.    amulet

3.    strong point

4.    weak spot

4.  His new Ferrari costs an arm and a leg so he is now looking for another job.

1.    very expensive

2.    got fired

3.    met an accident

4.    was stolen

5.  He married a woman who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

1.    born very beautiful

2.    born very poor

3.    born into a very rich family

4.    born very talkative

6.  She has different investments because she doesn’t want to put all eggs in one basket.

1.    doesn’t want to put all resources in one possibility

2.    doesn’t want to cook everything at once

3.    doesn’t want to go bankrupt

4.    none of the above

7.    Whenever his crush passes by the hallway, he’s having butterflies on his stomach.

1.    he feels sick

2.    he feels nervous

3.    he feels like flying

4.    he feels so handsome

8.  Even though they had a nasty fight, they decided to bury the hatchet and move on.

1.    kill the enemy

2.    remember the past

3.    bury the dead

4.    forget the past quarrel

9.  My father always reminds us, “don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched.”

1.    Don’t eat your eggs before they are cooked.

2.    Don’t make plans for something that might not happen.

3.    Don’t deal with your problems before they are solved.

4.    All of the above.

10.  iphones became so popular not only to teens, even my grandparents jumped on the bandwagon and bought some.

1.    ride on the gadget and sell Apple

2.    jump for technology and sell iphones

3.    joined the new trend and bought iphones

4.    bought Android and Apple.

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