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Choose the best idiom or phrase to complete the sentence:
Never ____ the poor.

  • look down
  • look after
  • look at
  • look down upon
Correct answer(s):
  • look down upon

What does the idiom or phrase hitting below the belt mean?

  • striking someone in the abdomen
  • injuring someone fatally
  • doing something unfair in a competition
  • beating someone in a competition
Correct answer(s):
  • doing something unfair in a competition

What does bon voyage mean?

  • a handsome fellow
  • devil’s advocate
  • have a sound sleep
  • wish you a good trip
Correct answer(s):
  • wish you a good trip

What does the idiom or phrase meet one's Waterloo mean?

  • to meet a strong adversary
  • to meet one’s final defeat
  • to die fighting
  • to fulfill a strong desire
Correct answer(s):
  • to meet one's final defeat

In the sentence, what does now and again mean?
He visits us now and again.

  • occasionally
  • every day
  • many times
  • often
Correct answer(s):
  • occasionally

What does a Machiavellian character mean?

  • a cunning person
  • an honest person
  • a romantic person
  • a wise person
Correct answer(s):
  • a cunning person

What does the idiom or phrase apple of discord mean?

  • an attractive object
  • object of dispute
  • a friendly agreement
  • a valuable object
Correct answer(s):
  • object of dispute

What does the sentence He has left the country for good mean?

  • he has left the country for foreign goods
  • he has left the country for his own benefit
  • he has left the country permanently
  • he wants to buy good things
Correct answer(s):
  • he has left the country permanently