*Idioms Exercise*
*Each sentence given below contains an idiomatic expression. From the given options, you have to identify that word which will complete the expression.*
1. *I am sure he will never set the ……………………. on fire.*
Mississippi
Thames
Danube
2. *The police suspect that he had a …………………….. in the plot.*
hand
nose
teeth
3. *Please do not take failure to ……………………..*
brain
mind
heart
4. *I am afraid you are burning the …………………….. at both ends.*
wick
log
candle
5. *As a writer, Bernard Shaw was head and ………………………….. above his contemporaries.*
shoulders
neck
chest
6. *The foolish man made ducks and ……………………… of his wealth.*
geese
rats
drakes
7. *Although I have known her for a long time, she always gives me the cold …………………..*
hand
head
shoulder
8. *He is quite fond of blowing his own ……………………..*
whistle
trumpet
flute
9. *A spirit of unrest is in the ………………………….*
wind
sky
air
10. *I don’t think that you should accept that job. You already have too many ………………………. in the fire.*
logs
irons
knives
11. *I have a …………………… to pick with you.*
bone
screw
nail
12. *All of his projects ended in …………………..*
smoke
fire
fog
*Answers*
1. I am sure he will never set the *Thames* on fire.
2. The police suspect that he had a *hand* in the plot.
3. Please do not take failure to *heart.*
4. I am afraid you are burning the *candle* at both ends.
5. As a writer, Bernard Shaw was head and *shoulders* above his contemporaries.
6. The foolish man made ducks and *drakes* of his wealth.
7. Although I have known her for a long time, she always gives me the cold *shoulder.*
8. He is quite fond of blowing his own *trumpet.*
9. A spirit of unrest is in the *air.*
10. I don’t think that you should accept that job. You already have too many *irons* in the fire.
11. I have a *bone* to pick with you.
12. All of his projects ended in *smoke.*
*Each sentence given below contains an idiomatic expression. From the given options, you have to identify that word which will complete the expression.*
1. *I am sure he will never set the ……………………. on fire.*
Mississippi
Thames
Danube
2. *The police suspect that he had a …………………….. in the plot.*
hand
nose
teeth
3. *Please do not take failure to ……………………..*
brain
mind
heart
4. *I am afraid you are burning the …………………….. at both ends.*
wick
log
candle
5. *As a writer, Bernard Shaw was head and ………………………….. above his contemporaries.*
shoulders
neck
chest
6. *The foolish man made ducks and ……………………… of his wealth.*
geese
rats
drakes
7. *Although I have known her for a long time, she always gives me the cold …………………..*
hand
head
shoulder
8. *He is quite fond of blowing his own ……………………..*
whistle
trumpet
flute
9. *A spirit of unrest is in the ………………………….*
wind
sky
air
10. *I don’t think that you should accept that job. You already have too many ………………………. in the fire.*
logs
irons
knives
11. *I have a …………………… to pick with you.*
bone
screw
nail
12. *All of his projects ended in …………………..*
smoke
fire
fog
*Answers*
1. I am sure he will never set the *Thames* on fire.
2. The police suspect that he had a *hand* in the plot.
3. Please do not take failure to *heart.*
4. I am afraid you are burning the *candle* at both ends.
5. As a writer, Bernard Shaw was head and *shoulders* above his contemporaries.
6. The foolish man made ducks and *drakes* of his wealth.
7. Although I have known her for a long time, she always gives me the cold *shoulder.*
8. He is quite fond of blowing his own *trumpet.*
9. A spirit of unrest is in the *air.*
10. I don’t think that you should accept that job. You already have too many *irons* in the fire.
11. I have a *bone* to pick with you.
12. All of his projects ended in *smoke.*
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