THE FLATMATES Quiz: Idioms trouble
Quiz Idioms: trouble You can try the quiz online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode87/quiz.shtml For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Oh no! you've just broken her expensive teapot! She'll be absolutely furious when she sees it and we'll be a. stitched up. b. in hot water. c. fitted up. d. on the level. 2. I can t go to the movies tonight. If I don t get this essay finished tonight I'll really be in the a. water. b. music. c. soup. d. bed. 3. When I got home 3 hours late, my dad gave me a real - he shouted at me for about 20 minutes. a. face-washing b. tooth-brushing c. tongue-lashing d. hair-brushing 4. He tried to deny taking the money, but when he saw the video evidence, he realised that he had been caught a. on the level. b. red-handed. c. in the dog house. d. up the creek without a paddle. 5. You cheated in your exam, you got caught and so you failed. It's no use complaining about it: you've your, now you have to it. a. bought / horse / ride b. baked / cake / eat c. rolled / cigarette / smoke d. made / bed / lie in Page 2 of 5
6. He was sent to prison for theft but he insisted that he hadn't done it. He said that the police had stitched him a. up. b. out. c. in. d. under. Page 3 of 5
Quiz Idioms: trouble Answers 1. Oh no! you've just broken her expensive teapot! She'll be absolutely furious when she sees it and we'll be a. stitched up. Wrong this idiom means you get the blame for something you didn t do. Choose an idiom which means 'in trouble'. b. in hot water. Correct this idiom means that we will be in trouble. c. fitted up. Wrong this idiom means you get the blame for something you didn t do. Choose an idiom which means 'in trouble'. d. on the level. Wrong this idiom means honest, trustworthy and blameless. Choose an idiom which means 'in trouble'. 2. I can t go to the movies tonight. If I don t get this essay finished tonight I'll really be in the a. water Wrong this is not the right idiomatic combination of words. b. music Wrong - this is not the right idiomatic combination of words. c. soup Correct 'in the soup' means 'in trouble'. d. bed Wrong - this is not the right idiomatic combination of words. 3. When I got home 3 hours late, my dad gave me a real - he shouted at me for about 20 minutes. a. face-washing Wrong look for an idiom which is related to speech. b. tooth-brushing Wrong look for an idiom which is related to speech. c. tongue-lashing - Correct 'a tongue-lashing' means that someone speaks to you very sharply because you did something bad or wrong. d. hair-brushing Wrong look for an idiom which is related to speech. 4. He tried to deny taking the money, but when he saw the video evidence, he realised that he had been caught a. on the level - Wrong look for an idiom related to colour. b. red-handed Correct this idiom means to discover somebody in the act of committing a crime or doing something bad. c. in the dog house Wrong look for an idiom related to colour. d. up the creek without a paddle Wrong we don t use this idiom with 'caught'. Choose an idiom related to colour. 5. You cheated in your exam, you got caught and so you failed. It's no use complaining about it: you've your, now you have to it. a. bought / horse / ride - Wrong you need an idiom related to sleep. b. baked / cake / eat - Wrong you need an idiom related to sleep. c. rolled / cigarette / smoke - Wrong you need an idiom related to sleep. d. made / bed / lie in - Correct this idiom means you have to accept the consequences of your actions. Page 4 of 5
6. He was sent to prison for theft but he insisted that he hadn't done it. He said that the police had stitched him a. up Correct 'stitch up' means to arrange for somebody else to be blamed for a crime or wrongdoing they are not responsible for. b. out Wrong choose a different preposition. c. in Wrong choose a different preposition. d. under Wrong choose a different preposition. Would you like to look at the language point that this quiz was based on? Go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode87/languagepoint.shtml Or you can download the language point from: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode87/fm_languagepoint_070403.pdf For a quiz on other idioms, go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode79/quiz.shtml Page 5 of 5