Discovery Quiz – Lesson 12
Guess the correct meaning of each idiom from the context. It’s OK if you get a lot of answers wrong – what’s important is to do your best in trying to figure it out!
Discovery Quiz – Lesson 12
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Just when I’d finally organized my five kids’ weekday schedules, my daughter’s dance teacher threw a wrench in the works by changing her class from Wednesday to Thursday. To “throw a wrench in the works” means…
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We can debate strategy and tactics all day long, but the bottom line is that we need to win Saturday’s soccer game, otherwise we’ll be disqualified from the tournament. The “bottom line” is…
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My uncle has worked as a painter, a truck driver, a stonemason, and a plumber. He’s a jack of all trades. A “jack of all trades” means a person who…
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I’m in charge of organizing an international conference with 2,000 people. The event starts on Friday, so I’ll probably be burning the midnight oil every day this week. If you are “burning the midnight oil,” it means that you…
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I had just put the peanut butter chocolate cake in the oven, when I remembered that our guests’ son is allergic to peanuts – so I had to go back to the drawing board. If you go “back to the drawing board,” it means you…
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Laura is a good singer, but she can’t hold a candle to Joanna, who sounds like she could be a professional. If something/someone “can’t hold a candle to” someone or something else, it means they…
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My company isn’t hiring right now, but I was able to pull some strings and get you an interview anyway. If you “pull some strings,” it means you…
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Two cashiers were sacked after the customers repeatedly complained about their terrible service. If a person was “sacked,” he or she…
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All new employees need to attend a training session on the nuts and bolts of the company’s operations – no exceptions. “The nuts and bolts” are…
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My first assignment in my new job was to organize all the company’s files from the last decade. It was hours of grunt work. “Grunt work” is work that…
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After two decades of climbing the career ladder, Vanessa finally became president of a billion-dollar corporation. “Climbing the career ladder” means…
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