Idioms and Phrases Exercise

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1. He kept beating around the ______ and did not get to the point.

(A) street
(B) wood
(C) bush
(D) grass

2. Let's be patient and continue to work at it. Every cloud has a silver ______.

(A) lining
(B) spark
(C) streak
(D) line

3. It's a trivial matter. Don't make a mountain out of a ______.

(A) hill
(B) peak
(C) molehill
(D) hillock

4. The news was like a bolt from the ______. I never expected it to happen to me.

(A) blue
(B) shock
(C) sky
(D) cloud

5. He arrived in the ______ of time to save her from a lot of embarrassment.

(A) crux
(B) nick
(C) tip
(D) tick

6. The cat disappeared in the dark in the twinkling of a/an ______.

(A) star
(B) eye
(C) light
(D) flash

7. Romeo takes up two jobs to make ends ______.

(A) meet
(B) stay
(C) float
(D) burn

8. He is a Jack of all ______ but master of none.

(A) sorts
(B) trades
(C) things
(D) tricks

9. He turned ______ and ran away immediately.

(A) head
(B) feet
(C) tail
(D) back

10. Let's bury the ______ and be friends again.

(A) hatchet
(B) weapon
(C) gun
(D) knife

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