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Halloween idioms
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1. As silent as the dead means ___.
a) unwilling to talk
b) angry
c) completely silent
d) afraid to talk
2. Be a dead duck means ___.
a) to be a poor swimmer
b) to have failed or lost a contest
c) to be cold and wet
d) to be in a lot of trouble
3. To cut someone dead means ___.
a) murder with a knife
b) ignore someone totally
c) cause a fatal traffic accident
d) interrupt someone's conversation
4. Dead and buried means ___.
a) forgotten
b) hidden
c) gone forever
d) well preserved
5. The dead center is ___.
a) a cemetery
b) the city morgue
c) the exact center of something
d) an abandoned inner city building
6. A dead loss is ___.
a) someone or something that is completely
useless
b) the number of people who died in a battle
c) a bankrupt company
d) a fatal diet
7. Dead men don't bite means ___.
a) dead people have no teeth
b) a person with no job keeps quiet
c) a sleeping person cannot eat
d) a person who dies cannot hurt you
8. Dead men tell no tales means ___.
a) boring people are poor story tellers
b) dead people will not betray secrets
c) unpopular people are seldom listened to
d) tired people do not speak much
9. Dead on one's feet means ___.
a) poor at dancing
b) extremely overweight
c) prone to tripping
d) exhausted or worn out
10. Another way to say Drop dead is ___.
a) Wow! That's wonderful.
b) Go away and stop bothering me
c) You are taking more than your share
d) You have to be kidding
11. Let the dead bury the dead means ___.
a) forget about past conflicts.
b) let licensed workers take care of dead bodies
c) when you leave home, take nothing with you.
d) let old people take care of each other.
12. To flog a dead horse means ___.
a) to do the very best job that is possible
b) to continue discussing something already
fully discussed
c) winning with very little effort
d) to be cruel and punish all people around you
Halloween idioms
13. To knock someone dead means to
a) cause death in the boxing ring
b) surprise someone by visiting their home
c) put on a stunning performance
d) say bad things about a person who has died
14. Never speak ill of the dead
a) Do not discuss the cause of death
b) Do not try to communicate with someone
who is dead
c) Do not say bad things about a person who
has died
d) Do not talk about someone while they are
sleeping
15. Another way to say over my dead body
a) The funeral arrangements are up to you.
b) I am so cold that I need a blanket.
c) I have a headache.
d) Absolutely not, if I can stop
16. Taken for dead means ___.
a) sentenced to die
b) to be incorrectly listed as dead
c) to be allowed to visit a person before they die
d) assumed to be dead
17. Between the devil and the deep blue sea
a) he has drowned
b) he was faced with two equally
choices
c) he was buried at sea
d) The course of a persons life
means to ___.
boxing ring
surprise someone by visiting their home
put on a stunning performance
say bad things about a person who has died
Do not discuss the cause of death
Do not try to communicate with someone
things about a person who
Do not talk about someone while they are
over my dead body is ___.
The funeral arrangements are up to you.
I am so cold that I need a blanket.
you.
to be incorrectly listed as dead
to be allowed to visit a person before they die
Between the devil and the deep blue sea means ___.
he was faced with two equally undesirable
18. Give the devil his due
a) repaying past favors to someone you do not
like
b) making a fresh start with a past foe
c) crediting your enemy for something positive
d) avoiding trouble by being nice to a stranger
19. Another way to say Have the devil to pay
___.
a) Be in a great deal of trouble.
b) Be in deep debt.
c) Be pampered by a wealthy person.
d) Not to be generous to the poor.
20. He who sups with the devil should have a long
spoon means ___.
a) to eat slowly in front of important people
b) be careful when dealing with dangerous
people.
c) to share everything, even with your enemy
d) to try to eat as much
do
Give the devil his due means ___.
repaying past favors to someone you do not
making a fresh start with a past foe
crediting your enemy for something positive
by being nice to a stranger
Have the devil to pay is
Be in a great deal of trouble.
Be pampered by a wealthy person.
e generous to the poor.
He who sups with the devil should have a long
slowly in front of important people
be careful when dealing with dangerous
to share everything, even with your enemy
as much as you can before others
Key:
1c, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5c, 6a, 7d, 8b, 9d, 10b, 11a, 12b, 13c,
14c, 15d, 16d, 17b, 18c, 19a, 20b
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