English Idioms's archive
Test 008
1.You want to know why I've got a bee in my bonnet ?
a headache
a fly in my head
a problem on my mind
a difficulty with my hair
2.Yes, tell me about it. I'm all ears .
listening carefully
listening quietly
listening quickly
listening completely
3.You remember I told you about that car that cost me an
arm and a leg ?
a fair amount of money
a small amount of money
a good amount of money
a huge amount of money
4.The one you bought from the man you called the big
cheese ?
the man with big ears
the man with the important job
the man with the yellow teeth
the man with the big smile
5.Well, he's not that at all. He's a bird brain .
a fool
a criminal
a conman
a devil
6.You mean he's a bad egg ?
a disgusting person
a dirty person
a stupid person
a dishonest person
7.Yes, exactly because the car is rubbish and I went round
to his garage like a bull in a china shop in the show
room.
shouting at him
knocking everything over
running up to him
hitting everybody
8.And when I reached his office I saw he was not really
awake because he'd been having a cat nap .
a deep sleep
a long sleep
a short sleep
a big sleep
9.And really the only reason you were there was because
you had a bone to pick with him ?
you wanted to have a discussion with him
you wanted to have a chat with him
you wanted to have a talk with him
you wanted to have an argument with him
10.Yes, that's right. I got my money back and as a result I
opened up a whole new can of worms because other
people got their money back, too.
made a complete mess of his office
exposed a lot of serious problems
discovered some creatures on the carpet
revealed a lot of new paper work