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Английский язык. Практика речи

Вопрос id:1325332
A crazy person is referred to as:
?) a duck
?) a loon
?) an owl
?) a goose
Вопрос id:1325333
All of the following mean to be angry except:
?) to fly off the handle
?) tipsy
?) to see red
?) to go off the deep end
Вопрос id:1325334
An inexperienced person is called wet behind the ___.
?) nose
?) elbow
?) teeth
?) ears
Вопрос id:1325335
An old man is referred to as:
?) a chicken
?) a coot
?) a cuckoo
?) a turkey
Вопрос id:1325336
Another way of saying that I don’t understand something would be:
?) I can’t get a word in edgeways.
?) I can’t make head nor tail of it.
?) I’m racking my brains.
?) It’s on the tip of my tongue.
Вопрос id:1325337
Another way of saying that I don’t understand something would be:
?) I’ve lost my train of thought.
?) I haven’t a clue.
?) It’s on the tip of my tongue.
?) I’m caught between two stools.
Вопрос id:1325338
Ask Kostya to help you move the furniture. He’s as strong as:
?) a cupboard.
?) an elephant.
?) a horse.
?) a gorilla.
Вопрос id:1325339
Do you mind if I give you my decision tomorrow? I’d like to ___.
?) read between the lines.
?) pass the buck.
?) sleep on it.
?) take it to heart.
Вопрос id:1325340
Ever since I’ve given up smoking I feel as fit as:
?) a frog.
?) a fighter.
?) an athlete.
?) a fiddle.
Вопрос id:1325341
From the moment they first met they got along like:
?) two peas in a pod.
?) a house on fire.
?) clockwork.
?) fish and chips.
Вопрос id:1325342
Getting a problem off your ___ is the first stage to being able to solve it.
?) chest
?) hand
?) breast
?) brain
Вопрос id:1325343
He is drunk almost every night. He drinks like a ___.
?) fish
?) horse
?) clam
?) dog
Вопрос id:1325344
He usually smokes one pack of cigarettes a day, but when he’s nervous he smokes like:
?) a fish.
?) a chimney.
?) a forest fire.
?) a steam engine.
Вопрос id:1325345
He wanted one more ___ before settling down and getting married.
?) joyful jump
?) last leap
?) happy hop
?) final fling
Вопрос id:1325346
I always get ___ in my stomach before visiting the dentist.
?) butterflies
?) worms
?) crabs
?) hedgehogs
Вопрос id:1325347
I caught the last bus to town by the skin of my ___.
?) teeth.
?) neck.
?) leg.
?) mouth.
Вопрос id:1325348
I don’t understand mathematics. I haven’t the ___ idea about arithmetic.
?) rainiest
?) cloudiest
?) windiest
?) foggiest
Вопрос id:1325349
I have been working every day for the last month and I am now ___.
?) bone idle
?) stark naked
?) dead straight
?) dog tired
Вопрос id:1325350
I know times have been bad lately, but keep your ___ up; things will soon be better.
?) head
?) chin
?) mind
?) socks
Вопрос id:1325351
I think I’ll go stretch my ___. I’ve been sitting down all morning and feel a bit stiff.
?) foot
?) finger
?) legs
?) hair
Вопрос id:1325352
I was ___ with envy when my neighbor drove up in a new Jaguar.
?) green
?) yellow
?) white
?) red
Вопрос id:1325353
If I am «jumping down someone’s throat,» I am:
?) speaking angrily to someone.
?) helping someone.
?) trying to understand something you’ve said.
?) waiting patiently.
Вопрос id:1325354
If I say something that I didn’t intend on saying, I put my foot in my ___.
?) ear.
?) mouth.
?) nose.
?) shoe.
Вопрос id:1325355
If it is raining heavily, we say:
?) It’s raining fish.
?) It’s raining cats and rats.
?) It’s raining cats and dogs.
?) It’s raining buckets.
Вопрос id:1325356
If I’ve bitten off more than I can chew, I have:
?) put too much food on my plate.
?) none of these.
?) taken on more responsibilities than I can do.
?) very poor table manners.
Вопрос id:1325357
If someone can never make up his/her mind, we say that he/she is ___.
?) riffraff
?) wishy-washy
?) dilly-dally
?) pitter-patter
Вопрос id:1325358
If someone is annoying, distracting or making you angry we might say:
?) You’re giving the game away.
?) You’re like water off a duck’s back.
?) You’re driving me up the wall.
?) You’re banging your head against a brick wall.
Вопрос id:1325359
If someone is very irritable, we say he/she ___ .
?) has the gift of gab
?) is head over heels
?) is holding his horses
?) has a bee in his/her bonnet
Вопрос id:1325360
If someone says that all of your dogs aren’t barking, what they meant was:
?) You are crazy.
?) You are not home.
?) You are not very energetic.
?) None of these.
Вопрос id:1325361
If someone thinks that your idea is ridiculous they might say that you «are off your ___.»
?) couch
?) rocker
?) board
?) armchair
Вопрос id:1325362
If something is boring it is considered:
?) fuddy-duddy
?) nitty-gritty
?) teeny-weeny
?) hum-drum
Вопрос id:1325363
If something is very easily done, we say ___.
?) we have our cake and eat it
?) it is better late than never
?) it is a red rag to a bull
?) it is a piece of cake
Вопрос id:1325364
If something is very useful it is ___.
?) hanky-panky
?) handy-dandy
?) willy-nilly
?) helter-skelter
Вопрос id:1325365
If we are on the same wavelength, we:
?) able to function as ordinary people.
?) understand one another.
?) don’t understand one another.
?) are repeating one another.
Вопрос id:1325366
If we don’t believe what someone is saying (or don’t understand), we say that it is ___.
?) super-duper
?) hurly-burly
?) mumbo-jumbo
?) yoo-hoo
Вопрос id:1325367
If we receive information directly from its source and not hearsay, we say:
?) I got it straight from the horse’s mouth.
?) You took it right from my mouth.
?) It rang a bell.
?) I heard it on the grapevine.
Вопрос id:1325368
If we want to know the real reason or explanation in detail, we ask for the ___.
?) nitty-gritty
?) hustle-bustle
?) palsy-walsy
?) flibbertigibberty
Вопрос id:1325369
If you are extremely happy about something you may be considered:
?) tickled blue.
?) tickled yellow.
?) tickled white.
?) tickled pink.
Вопрос id:1325370
If you are not able to do something, then we might say that you can’t cut the ___.
?) mustard
?) pancake
?) pudding
?) cheese
Вопрос id:1325371
If you are scared enough, you might get the ___.
?) razzle-dazzle
?) mumbo-jumbo
?) heebie-jeebies
?) fuzzy-wuzzy
Вопрос id:1325372
If you are the only one in the family who works, you bring home the ___.
?) salt
?) bread
?) bacon
?) milk
Вопрос id:1325373
If you are very clumsy you may be called:
?) pigheaded.
?) off color.
?) all thumbs.
?) cheeky.
Вопрос id:1325374
If you are very short of money, you are ___.
?) past your prime.
?) living on a shoestring.
?) down in the dumps.
?) feathering your nest.
Вопрос id:1325375
If you are young and inexperienced in something you may be considered:
?) wet behind the ears.
?) all thumbs.
?) long in the tooth.
?) black and blue all over.
Вопрос id:1325376
If you severely beat someone, you have «cleaned his/her ___.»
?) purse
?) clock
?) table
?) kitchen sink
Вопрос id:1325377
If you talk shop with someone you are:
?) talking about nothing important.
?) trying to buy something in a store at a good price.
?) talking about work.
?) talking about going shopping.
Вопрос id:1325378
If you were told in a restaurant that the soup had been «86’d,» you would understand that:
?) The soup is not very tasty.
?) There is no more soup.
?) The soup is very spicy.
?) The soup is cold.
Вопрос id:1325379
If you work day and night and are extremely busy and don’t sleep you «are burning the ___ at both ends.»
?) candle
?) light
?) sheet
?) carpet
Вопрос id:1325380
If your friend is always exaggerating and not telling the truth, and tells you that he is going to become president in three years, you might respond using the following idiom:
?) It’s better to be safe than sorry.
?) I take that with a pinch of salt.
?) There’s no use crying over spilt milk.
?) You’re putting the cart before the horse.
Вопрос id:1325381
I’m starting a new profession. I am ___.
?) popping the question.
?) letting the cat out of the bag.
?) turning over a new leaf.
?) spilling the beans.
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