Idiom test

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Lecturer: Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh
IDIOM TEST 3
"Keep your shirt..........We`ll figure it out. There`s no cause for alarm," Jimmy told his boss when the computers stopped working suddenly.
out (b) down (c) on (d) off
No one likes being the………….of the joke.
clown (b) end (c) laughter (d) butt
Since the man was rather inexperienced, I took his advice with a grain of........
sand (b) wood (c) salt (d) sugar
Most bosses won`t send you out on a job until you get your feet...................
dry (b) wet (c) green (d) hot
He had to pull his car over to sleep. He was too punch-............with fatigue to drive safely.
happy (b) affected (c) slappy (d) drunk
Soldiers can`t..............their posts while on guard duty without getting into big trouble.
lose (b) jump (c) desert (d) throw
His hair looked like he had stuck his......................in a light socket.
comb (b) finger (c) bulb (d) plug
"You are speeding, James. Do you have a......foot, or something?" Jane asked her husband.
(a) fake (b) wooden (c) club (d) lead
I hate his unpredictable mean temper. I always have to walk on......... around him. (a) eggshells (b) bottle caps (c) glass (d) dry twigs
Mike hasn`t paid his rent in three months. It looks like he`s waiting for his landlord to...........him out.
(a) pull (b) lead (c) kick (d) drown

"Quit telling me what to do! Back seat............. are very annoying!" James said, as he swerved to avoid the pedestrian.
managers (b) drivers (c) cushions (d) oracles
"Don`t be such a..............Thomas. It will work. There will be no problems," Mary said to her husband as she tried to convince him to buy laminate flooring for the back bedroom.
doubting (b) quirky (c) mistrusting (d) wavering
"You`d better talk to your wife and work out your problems, John, because a house divided against itself cannot...............," he thought to himself.
sleep (b) sell (c) fall (d) stand
"I can`t go drinking with you guys. The ball and....................won`t let me. She wants me to stay home tonight," Ted told his friends.
hammer (b) bat (c) goal posts (d) chain
Our whole class failed our last statistics exam and now we`re back to the........... again.
basics (b) future (c) front (d) manuals
Ethel is such an annoying, nosy neighbor. She always watches everything we do. She needs to mind her own..........
garden (b) abode (c) beeswax (d) gig
I can`t believe I made it up that hill on my dirt bike! I was at full throttle the whole way and going balls to the........
court (b) chain (c) bat (d) wall
The little boy asked his mother why a baker`s...........was thirteen. She replied that it comes from the former custom among bakers of adding an extra roll as a safeguard against the possibility of 12 weighing light.
dozen (b) product (c) quantity (d) delivery
I don`t like to drink alcohol often — just every once in a...............moon with my friends.
full (b) new (c) half (d) blue
He went........................after his boss fired him. Now he`s in jail.
(a) done (b) fraught (c) ballooned (d) berserk
The reason that Sarah had been divulging company secrets was that she was being ..............The CEO of her competitor`s firm said that if she didn`t reveal the information, he would tell Sarah`s husband that she was having an affair.
pushed (b) blackmailed (c) asked (d) smeared
John booked his trip to New York. It had been over nine years since he had been to the Big (a) Apple (b) City (c) Squalor (d) Circus
The manager decided to