Practice Idioms and Phrases Questions and Answers

• Do not  run down  your friends in public. ...
• The two famous writers crossed swords with each other on every issue.
• The traffic came to a standstill  after the heavy downpour of rain.
• That cannot be taken away
• His promotion is  on the cards. ...
• She rejected his proposal of marriage  point-blank. ...
• Caesar was done to death by the conspirators.
• Alice is definitely  in a pickle  as she didn’t meet her last month’s sales target.
• No matter what time of day it is, she is always at his beck and call.
• He has to abide by the hard and fast rules of the company
• She goes to her mother's house off and on .
• The robber murdered the woman in cold blood for the sake of the jewels.
• Indians are going places in the field of software technology.
• He is always praised for his gift of the gab.
• Hear it on the grapevine
• Jump on the bandwagon
• At Your Wits’ End
• To blow one’s own trumphet
• To bring to the book
• To cause a flutter
• To pick holes
• Leaps and bounds 
• to back the wrong horse
• to hit the headlines
• to chew the cud
• to clear the deck
• to bite the dust
• Buy a Lemon
• Cast Iron Stomach
• Blood Is Thicker Than Water
• Charley Horse
• Dead Ringer
• Down To The Wire
• 1 - Carry the can2 - Bury the can3 - Throw the can4 - Dump the can5 - None of these
• 1 - Five o\'clock face2 - Five o\'clock shadow3 - Five o\'clock look4 - Five o\'clock gaze5 - None of these
• 1 - Flash in the pan2 - Sauce in the pan3 - Flesh in the pan4 - Dish in the pan5 - None of these
• Rake over the _______  
• Think on your ______  
• Waiting for the _______ to jump  
• Steal someone’s _______________