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Английский язык. Практика речи

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