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Expressions, and Idioms

Level: Beginners

1. How do you do?

How are you?
How do you do?
I'm fine. Thank you.
That's all right!
Do not mention it.

2. ...?
I am an English teacher.

What do you do?
What are you doing?
What do you make?
What are you making?
How do you do?

3. As cold as ...

a winter night
a fridge
ice
frozen water
hot milk

4. If something is 'crystal clear', it is ...

very clear
not clear at all
quite clear
unclear
obscure

5. Children like ... . Sometimes it is not easy to find them.

playing truant
to play truant
playing hide-and-seek
watching the news
to watch the news

6. Rome was not built in a ...

day
week
month
year
century

7. I'd like a glass of ... coffee, that is, a glass of milk/cream and coffee.

black
milk
white
brown
yellow

8. My wife hates ... jokes. She thinks they are of bad taste.

green
red
orange
blue
white

9. Would you like some more dessert?
No, thank you. I'm ...

fed up
full
sick
hungry
angry

10. Home, ... home.

bitter
sugar
salty
sweet
cold

11. I think I have fallen ... . She is so sweet, beautiful, funny ha-ha, intelligent. I can't wait to see her again.

in love
in disgrace
apart
into a deep depression
deeply

12. If someone loves things that contain sugar, he or she has a ...

bitter tooth
bitter mouth
sweet tooth
sweet mouth
sweet tongue

13. An eye for ...

an ear
a tooth
teeth
an eye
two ears

14. See you later, ...!

terminator
constipation
hallucination
cater
alligator

15. Mum: Happy birthday, sweetheart!
Dad: ...
Son: Thank you so much for the birthday present. I love it.

Happy endings!
Merry Christmas!
Many happy days!
Many happy returns of the day!
Many more birthdays!

16. Ready, ...!

finish, go
finish, steady
go, steady
steady, go
ready, go

17. That man over there has a heart of ... . He's a very charming person.

platinum
gold
silver
coal
ice

18. Love me, love my ...

dog
cat
bird
mouse
snake

19. If someone is extremelly poor, we say that he or she is as poor as ...

a churchgoer
a church mouse
bacon and eggs
a banker
fish and chips

20. He used to be ..., but now he is rich, and everybody adores him.

the black dog of the family
the yellow chicken of the family
the white sheep of the yard
the black sheep of the family
the black cat of the family

21. If someone eats ..., he or she eats very litle.

like a bird
like a horse
like a dog
right
humble pie

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