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Select the best meaning for the phrase Drive someone up the wall.

  • the same unpleasant treatment one has given others
  • to annoy someone very much
  • to suffer the worst part of something
  • to perform or complete a task
Correct answer(s):
  • to annoy someone very much

Which choice best matches the idiomatic use of Get across?

  • at risk or in danger of being lost
  • to persuade someone to agree
  • to prepare a written document, plan, or list
  • to communicate an idea clearly
Correct answer(s):
  • to communicate an idea clearly

Pick the correct interpretation of Drop a hint.

  • a constant source of annoyance or trouble
  • to suggest something indirectly
  • to finish something before a deadline
  • to see something briefly
Correct answer(s):
  • to suggest something indirectly

Which answer gives the closest meaning of Get ahead?

  • to withdraw from a promise or agreement
  • to finish or end something
  • to annoy someone very much
  • to make progress or become successful
Correct answer(s):
  • to make progress or become successful

Choose the meaning that fits Eat humble pie.

  • to make sense or be logically correct
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize
  • one’s husband, wife, or life partner
  • to happen
Correct answer(s):
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize

What idea is usually expressed by Get along with?

  • to support someone or confirm what they say
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone
  • to make unrealistic dreams or plans
  • to suggest something indirectly
Correct answer(s):
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone

The idiom End in smoke is closest in meaning to which option?

  • to fail or produce no result
  • threatening in words but not harmful in action
  • the hidden or implied meaning
  • to offer help or information
Correct answer(s):
  • to fail or produce no result

What does Get at mean in common English?

  • to listen with full attention
  • to require or demand something
  • to admit that one was wrong and apologize
  • to mean or suggest indirectly
Correct answer(s):
  • to mean or suggest indirectly

Which choice defines Fall back on most accurately?

  • to rely on something as a backup
  • at the proper time, not immediately
  • impossible to obtain or too difficult to achieve
  • to succeed or happen as planned
Correct answer(s):
  • to rely on something as a backup

Select the best meaning for the phrase Get down to.

  • to be overwhelmed by strong emotion
  • to cancel something
  • to start doing something seriously
  • to fail or produce no result
Correct answer(s):
  • to start doing something seriously

Which option best explains the idiom Fall flat?

  • disorganized or scattered everywhere
  • to fail to impress or succeed
  • to boast about one’s own achievements
  • to be published, revealed, or become known
Correct answer(s):
  • to fail to impress or succeed

Pick the correct interpretation of Get in touch with.

  • to be in a difficult situation
  • to ask someone to speak, answer, visit, or act
  • to rely on something as a backup
  • to contact someone
Correct answer(s):
  • to contact someone

What is the figurative meaning of Fall for?

  • to be tricked by something
  • someone who criticizes without practical experience
  • to have something as the main point or result
  • to change one’s opinion or agree after some time
Correct answer(s):
  • to be tricked by something

What does the phrase Fall out usually suggest?

  • to quarrel or stop being friendly
  • a very difficult job or challenge
  • born into a rich or privileged family
  • to face a difficulty or opposition
Correct answer(s):
  • to quarrel or stop being friendly

What does the expression Fall short of mean?

  • very healthy and strong
  • to stop working or fail to function
  • to fail to reach a standard or amount
  • to think of or produce an idea
Correct answer(s):
  • to fail to reach a standard or amount

Which meaning correctly matches Feel blue?

  • by chance, either fortunately or unfortunately
  • to enter a place by force
  • to feel sad
  • whatever happens
Correct answer(s):
  • to feel sad

Which option has the same meaning as Fight tooth and nail?

  • at a point where an important choice must be made
  • to fight or try very hard
  • to start suddenly
  • to tell only the main points
Correct answer(s):
  • to fight or try very hard

Choose the correct meaning of Find one's feet.

  • very slowly
  • to overcome a barrier or make important progress
  • to have no effect or influence
  • to become confident in a new situation
Correct answer(s):
  • to become confident in a new situation

Select the best meaning for the phrase Call for.

  • to make progress or become successful
  • at the proper time, not immediately
  • one’s husband, wife, or life partner
  • to require or demand something
Correct answer(s):
  • to require or demand something

Pick the correct interpretation of Call off.

  • to cancel something
  • to have a friendly relationship with someone
  • disorganized or scattered everywhere
  • the hidden or implied meaning
Correct answer(s):
  • to cancel something