Викторина по распространенному английскому сленгу и идиомам

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1 / 10

smart cookie

a clever person who makes good decisions

an easy, pleasant job that also pays well

something positive in a difficult situation

2 / 10

He _____ all day to finish the wallpapering.

worked like a dog

worked like magic

worked like a charm

work like a dog/trojan = work very hard

work like a dog/trojan = work very hard

3 / 10

When I found out that there was no Anita Hill at the university, I began to suspect that I had been sent on _____.

a paper tiger

a paper chase

a wild-goose chase

a wild-goose chase = a situation where you waste time looking for something that you are not going to find, either because that thing does not exist or because you have been given wrong information about it

a wild-goose chase = a situation where you waste time looking for something that you are not going to find, either because that thing does not exist or because you have been given wrong information about it

4 / 10

egg someone on

make someone very irritated or angry

flatter or praise someone as a means of gaining their help

encourage someone to do something

5 / 10

get cold feet

become nervous or frightened about something planned

feel sorry or sad about something that has already happened

feel ill or unwell

6 / 10

cut corners

give up; stop trying to do something

confront the consequences of one’s actions

do something in the quickest or cheapest way, often harming the quality of your work

7 / 10

A man who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth has always been _____.

wise

hungry

rich

be born with a silver spoon in your mouth = be the son or daughter of a very rich family

be born with a silver spoon in your mouth = be the son or daughter of a very rich family

8 / 10

To receive even the smallest amount of financial aid from a college, it's a real _____.

paper tiger

wild-goose chase

paper chase

a paper chase = the activity of dealing with many different documents in order to achieve something

a paper chase = the activity of dealing with many different documents in order to achieve something

9 / 10

We're looking for a new home in the _____ belt (a zone of farmland and parks surrounding a town).

leather

green

blue

green belt = a strip of countryside round a city or town where building is not allowed

green belt = a strip of countryside round a city or town where building is not allowed

10 / 10

miss the boat

feel sorry or sad about something that has already happened

try to do something in a way that will not work

lose an opportunity to do something by being slow to act

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