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Idioms & Phrases

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What does the phrase in character mean?

  • made him quite vain
  • in keeping
  • faithful to their employers
  • pay for it
  • with all our power
Correct answer(s):
  • in keeping

What does the idiom or phrase in someone's good books mean?

  • in keeping
  • out of favor with someone
  • in favor with someone
  • in trouble with someone
  • without someone’s knowledge
Correct answer(s):
  • in favor with someone

What does the idiom or phrase in his bad books mean?

  • ran off
  • faithful to their employers
  • made him quite vain
  • out of favor with him
  • with all our power
Correct answer(s):
  • out of favor with him

What does the idiom or phrase quite at sea mean?

  • perplexed and at a loss about what to do
  • made him quite vain
  • with all our power
  • faithful to their employers
  • ran off
Correct answer(s):
  • perplexed and at a loss about what to do

What does the idiom or phrase stand in one's own light mean?

  • remain ignorant
  • pay for it
  • use all our power
  • make a mistake socially
  • act against one’s own interests and hinder one’s own advancement
Correct answer(s):
  • act against one's own interests and hinder one's own advancement

What does the idiom or phrase put one's foot in it mean?

  • with all our power
  • to blunder or get into a scrape
  • faithful to their employers
  • pay for it
  • made him quite vain
Correct answer(s):
  • to blunder or get into a scrape

What does the idiom or phrase foot the bill mean?

  • stay loyal to employers
  • pay for it
  • run away
  • use all our power
  • remain in ignorance
Correct answer(s):
  • pay for it

What does the phrase changed hands mean?

  • became someone else’s property
  • ran off
  • became loyal to employers
  • remained with the same owner
  • belonged to no one
Correct answer(s):
  • became someone else's property

What does the phrase by long odds mean?

  • ran off
  • in ignorance
  • most decidedly
  • faithful to their employers
  • made him quite vain
Correct answer(s):
  • most decidedly

What does the idiom or phrase take to one's heels mean?

  • became vain
  • remained faithful
  • ran off
  • acted in ignorance
  • stood nearby
Correct answer(s):
  • ran off

What does the phrase within a stone's throw mean?

  • at a short distance
  • faithful to their employers
  • far away from a place
  • in ignorance
  • faithful to employers
Correct answer(s):
  • at a short distance