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English is full of fun, convincing and completely strange expressions and idioms. Ready to test your knowledge of the usual American English -language sayings? Our quiz is not for a visually heartfelt heart: we have arranged our questions from the easiest and most common to the most difficult and most strongest, and only a true English language expert can get all 15 rights! See if you can go through this quiz by flying colors – or collapse and fire!

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Link copied! Start quiz 1. Complete the phrase: “A friend in need is a friend ____”

1. really
2. in need
3. greed
4. in charge

“A friend in need is really a friend” means that if someone helps you when you need, a true friend. 2. Complete this phrase: “Turn new ____.”

1. sheet
2. hand
3. day
4. bed

The “reverse new newspaper” stems from the 16th century, when the pages in the books were called “leaves”. So when you turn a new newspaper, you really turn in the book with an empty page. 3. The actors are usually said to “break ____” before the performance.

1. foot
2. neck
3. mirror
4. record

“Break the leg” means “happy” and is rooted in theater superstition to wish some luck to actually bring bad happiness and that it is better to want something negative (like bone breaking). 4. Complete the sentence: “I had a difficult week at work, so he cut me ____.”

1. slack
2. rope
3. ice
4. room

“Smag someone of the hinterland” means going to them easily. “Cutting Slack” probably created hundreds of years ago from a nautical practice of giving Slack during the mooring of the ship. 5. Fill in blank: “Find ____, pick it up and you will be lucky all day.”

1. penny
2. nickel
3. clover
4. button

It is unclear where the term “happy pen” comes from, but according to one theory, he may have come from ancient belief that they were metals – like copper, from which money is made – gifts from gods to protect people from evil. Save your change! 6. Complete the phrase: “A bad working man blames his ____.”

1. tools
2. hands
3. friends
4. happiness

“A bad working man blames his tools” means that they are not the tools we use that make us good in something, but how we use those tools. It also means that when we fail, it is sometimes easier to blame for tools and not on its own mistakes. 7. Complete the phrase: “He put his ____ in his mouth.”

1. foot
2. jaw
3. hand
4. shoe

“Putting your leg in your mouth” means wrong to make, accidentally say something unpleasant or offensive or otherwise make a social mistake. It is originally in the late 1800s and probably stemmed from the earlier saying “Put your foot”, which means the same. 8. Fill the blank: “The bigger they are, the harder they are ____.”

1. drop
2. crash
3. fight
4. cry

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall” means that the more successful or more powerful one is, the more devastating their fall will be more devastating. 9. Fill in blank: “I’ll believe when ____ flies.”

1. pig
2. horses
3. Dragons
4. monkeys

“When the pigs fly” is a way to describe something that could never happen. This idiom was probably derived from a centuries -old Scottish proverb. 10. Complete the phrase: “You can’t learn the old dog ____.”

1. New tricks
2. new things
3. to be young
4. Play a young dog

“You can’t learn the old dog with new tricks” means that it is very difficult to change one’s habits or character, especially if they are stuck in their ways. 11. Complete the phrase: “A bird in your hand is worth two ____.”

1. in the bushes
2. in the sky
3. in a cage
4. in the nest

“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes” means that a safe thing is more desirable than a little chance for something even better. 12. Fill in blank: “The answer got straight from the mouth ____.”

1. a horse
2. canine
3. pastor
4. agricultural

To get the “straight from the horse’s mouth” information implies that you got it from the most faithful source available. This stems from the circles of British horsepower in the late nineteenth century, where, probably, the best source for racing advice would be a horse, unlike viewers or riders. 13. Complete the phrase: “Measure twice, ____.”

1. cut
2. cut twice
3. It’s nice twice
4. cut the right

“Measure twice, cutting once” means you should prepare thoughtfully before you take action. It comes from carpentry, where this means that you should very carefully measure your wood before not cutting it so you do not waste time or material. 14. Fill in blank: “This only happens once in ____.”

1. Blue Moon
2. harvesting month
3. Blood moon
4. bear

“Once in a blue moon” means “extremely rare.” The first recorded use of “Blue Moon” was in the anti -clerical leaflet of William Roy and Jeremy Barlowe in 1528: “O Church Men are Wyly Lisica … YF say Mone Blewe / We have to believe that this is true / admit their interpretation.” The implication is that certain priests are looking for their followers to trust them blindly, even if their statements are impossible, false or ridiculous. 15. Complete the phrase, “Don’t throw ____ with a swim water.”

1. child
2. soap
3. butter
4. cat

“Do not throw a baby water for” means “do not accidentally throw out something valuable as you eliminate something you don’t want.” This comes from the German proverbs of the early sixteenth century, Das Kind Mit Dem Bade Ausschütten. Start the quiz

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You can’t get enough? Check these other popular (and weird!) American English idioms, Adages and expressions:

• Elephant in the room: A great question that needs to be discussed
  • Can we talk about an elephant in the room? Why did you shave your head?
• Chew fat: Make an occasional chit-chaat
  • Want to have coffee and chew fat?
• While the crow’s flies: The shortest possible distance between two points
  • The university is about 30 minutes away, while the crow flies.
• Knee bees: Something completely terrible

  • Did you see Yellowjackets? That show is the knees of bee.

• Like chalk and cheese: used to describe two things that are very different
  • Todd and Jaime are best friends, but their figures are like chalk and cheese.
• A piece of cake: something that is great simple
  • That English exam was a piece of cake. I’ll be shocked if I don’t get A.
• Miss the ship: lose the opportunity because of the delay
  • I intended to apply for this artist residence, but I missed the ship – the applications closed last month!
• Beat around the bush: To avoid discussing something important or to speak indirectly about something
  • Stop fighting around the bush – what do you really want to tell me?
• Bite a bullet: To force yourself to do something difficult
  • I avoided breaking up with Joan for weeks … but I just have to bite the bullet.
• Call it on the day: to stop working on something so far
  • You took Wikihow quizzes for hours – why don’t you call it a day and go for a walk?

Hungry more English expression? See these resources:

• https://ualr.edu/writingcenter/idoms/
• https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/20-english-dioms- that-everyone-should-know/

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