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Literal Idioms Trivia Quiz

Idioms are phrases meant to be taken figuratively, rather than literally. A common English idiom, used literally, completes each of the following clues. The idiom is suggested by the clue itself.

A multiple-choice quiz by Tchochkekop. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Tchochkekop

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,235

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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1852

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
Arrgghhh... I'm going crazy! I can't find my shooters, aggies, commies, and steelies! I think I've...,

Answer: (Three Words - 4, 2, 7 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
"Daddy, can I have another tube to drink my milk with?"
"What? We don't have any more after this! You think I'm going to buy another box of them? Well, I won't! This is...

Answer: (Three Words - 3, 4, 5 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
These things are so common they cost only 0.8333 cents each? Gee, they're...

Answer: (Four Words - 1, 4, 1, 5 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
"Why does that cadaver have only two limbs?"
"It was so expensive, I had to pay for it with the other two limbs. It cost...

Answer: (5 Words - 2, 3, 3, 1, 3 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
Stop telling me that deceased Dobbin makes a good drum. You've tried to convince me twenty times already, but I don't agree. You're just...

Answer: (Four Words - 7 or 8, 1, 4, 5 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
Sorry, captain, that I let the thief get away, but when he handed me some lady's underwear, I just got flustered. He really...

Answer: (Four Words - 4, 2, 3, 4 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
My brother used to expectorate on me. Now, the very accurate portrait of him is doing the same thing! It's really a...

Answer: (Two Words - 8, 5 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
I feel lousy. I think it's because I'm getting rained on and snowed on all the time. I'm really feeling...

Answer: (Three Words - 5, 3, 7 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
I had lost my wife, and my money, and all hope, but at the last moment, just when things looked darkest, my friend made me feel better by telling me how he invented the telephone. I was really...

Answer: (Four Words - 5, 2, 3, 4 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which English idiom completes the following clue?
I had almost all of these idioms figured out, but then my rash came back and the itching was so bad I had to redo everything from the very beginning. I really hate having to...

Answer: (Three Words - 5, 4, 7 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which English idiom completes the following clue? Arrgghhh... I'm going crazy! I can't find my shooters, aggies, commies, and steelies! I think I've...,

Answer: lost my marbles

If you "lose your marbles", you go crazy. The clue lists different types of gaming marbles.

2. Which English idiom completes the following clue? "Daddy, can I have another tube to drink my milk with?" "What? We don't have any more after this! You think I'm going to buy another box of them? Well, I won't! This is...

Answer: the last straw

Figuratively, "the last straw" refers to the last provocation you'll put up with. It's the last little thing that "breaks the camel's back". Literally, it's the last hollow tube for drinking your drink.

3. Which English idiom completes the following clue? These things are so common they cost only 0.8333 cents each? Gee, they're...

Answer: a dime a dozen

Items that are extremely common are said to be a dime a dozen.

4. Which English idiom completes the following clue? "Why does that cadaver have only two limbs?" "It was so expensive, I had to pay for it with the other two limbs. It cost...

Answer: an arm and a leg

"An arm and a leg" refers to exorbitant cost.

5. Which English idiom completes the following clue? Stop telling me that deceased Dobbin makes a good drum. You've tried to convince me twenty times already, but I don't agree. You're just...

Answer: beating a dead horse

"Dobbin" is a common name for a horse. "Beating a dead horse" and "flogging a dead horse" refer to doing something useless over and over again.

6. Which English idiom completes the following clue? Sorry, captain, that I let the thief get away, but when he handed me some lady's underwear, I just got flustered. He really...

Answer: gave me the slip

When you give someone the slip, you escape, or slip away from him or her.

7. Which English idiom completes the following clue? My brother used to expectorate on me. Now, the very accurate portrait of him is doing the same thing! It's really a...

Answer: spitting image

A spitting image is an exact likeness. Also, a disgusting portrait!

8. Which English idiom completes the following clue? I feel lousy. I think it's because I'm getting rained on and snowed on all the time. I'm really feeling...

Answer: under the weather

"Under the weather" can also mean drunk or hung over.

9. Which English idiom completes the following clue? I had lost my wife, and my money, and all hope, but at the last moment, just when things looked darkest, my friend made me feel better by telling me how he invented the telephone. I was really...

Answer: saved by the Bell

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Being "saved by the bell" refers to a last-minute reprieve, as a boxer who is not counted out because the bell ends the round.

10. Which English idiom completes the following clue? I had almost all of these idioms figured out, but then my rash came back and the itching was so bad I had to redo everything from the very beginning. I really hate having to...

Answer: start from scratch

Starting from scratch actually has nothing to do with itching. To begin many a sport match you scratch a starting line on the ground, so this means going back to the start.

Source: Author Tchochkekop

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