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Idioms Exercise
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Each sentence given below contains an idiomatic expression. From the given options, you have to identify that word which will complete the expression.

1. I am sure he will never set the ……………………. on fire.
Mississippi
Thames
Danube

2. The police suspect that he had a …………………….. in the plot.
hand
nose
teeth

3. Please do not take failure to ……………………..
brain
mind
heart

4. I am afraid you are burning the …………………….. at both ends.
wick
log
candle

5. As a writer, Bernard Shaw was head and ………………………….. above his contemporaries.
shoulders
neck
chest

6. The foolish man made ducks and ……………………… of his wealth.
geese
rats
drakes

7. Although I have known her for a long time, she always gives me the cold …………………..
hand
head
shoulder

8. Tushar is quite fond of blowing his own ……………………..
whistle
trumpet
flute

9. A spirit of unrest is in the ………………………….
wind
sky
air

10. I don’t think that you should accept that job. You already have too many ………………………. in the fire.
logs
irons
knives

11. I have a …………………… to pick with you.
bone
screw
nail

12. All of his projects ended in …………………..
smoke
fire
fog

Answers
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1. I am sure he will never set the Thames on fire.
2. The police suspect that he had a hand in the plot.
3. Please do not take failure to heart.
4. I am afraid you are burning the candle at both ends.
5. As a writer, Bernard Shaw was head and shoulders above his contemporaries.
6. The foolish man made ducks and drakes of his wealth.

7. Although I have known her for a long time, she always gives me the cold shoulder.
8. Tushar is quite fond of blowing his own trumpet.
9. A spirit of unrest is in the air.
10. I don’t think that you should accept that job. You already have too many irons in the fire.
11. I have a bone to pick with you.
12. All of his projects ended in smoke.
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