Common English Slang and Idioms Quiz

Test your knowledge of English slang and idiomatic expressions with this free online quiz and get your results straight away.

This English Slang and Idioms Quiz is particularly useful to advanced learners and those preparing for English proficiency tests, such as IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge FCE, CAE och CPE.
 

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What a beautiful car! I'm _____ with envy (envious / jealous).

blue

red

green

be green with envy = wish very much that you had something that another person has

be green with envy = wish very much that you had something that another person has

2 / 10

get the ball rolling

study hard

avoid talking about what is important

start a process or activity

3 / 10

get over something

recover from something (an illness or unhappy experience)

get to the point and leave out unnecessary details

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

4 / 10

butter someone up

avoid talking about what is important

encourage someone to do something

flatter or praise someone as a means of gaining their help

5 / 10

a blessing in disguise

something that seems bad at first, but results in something good later

something positive in a difficult situation

a clever person who makes good decisions

6 / 10

cut to the chase

get to the point and leave out unnecessary details

cost a lot of money, more than one can afford

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

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

a wild-goose chase

a paper tiger

a paper 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

8 / 10

bark up the wrong tree

try to do something in a way that will not work

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

lose an opportunity to do something by being slow to act

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miss the boat

lose an opportunity to do something by being slow to act

try to do something in a way that will not work

feel sorry or sad about something that has already happened

10 / 10

the cherry on the cake

something that makes something that is already good even better, or perfect

a person that is adored by someone

the best of a group of similar things or people

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