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Idioms Related To Communication SpeechSet 13

1Pulling my leg

2Choose the idioms that mean to misunderstand completely what has been said.

3Carry on with something

4The "gift of the gab" means you are ..... A) experienced B) very intelligentC) skilled in talking

5Bambi is good at buttering up her superiors and that's how she mostly get promoted.To "butter someone up" is to:

6Who sings to moon?

7We must not let pride of fear keep us from speaking up

8You use this idioms when you or the speaker has to come to the point, leave the details. $\rightarrow$ Make a long story short

9A penny for your thoughts

10What pragmatic issue arises from literal translation of idioms?

11Mrs. B told Rodrigo to ..... He was talking so much.

12I'll make no bones about it and tell you exactly what I think.A. come straight to the point B. come straight to the endC. come straight to the road D. come straight to the angle

13I regret saying that to Tracey.- .....

14The phrase "lurk before you leap" means

15Someone looking or staring very hard at you.-I could feel his eyes ..... me.

16Isalin sa Filipino ang "Fall in line"

17Read the lines from the poem. "Ha-ha, I'm just pulling your leg," he said. "This moon is making me silly."What does the idiom "pulling your leg" mean?

18Don't judge the way I act, until you ....., you have no idea what my life is.

19To "hand it to" means to ..... A) give credit to B) take fromC) allow

20What does 'HELP YOURSELF' mean?

21Tre took the words right out of my mouth when he said that we should take a nap.

22What is the term for a social media post that receives a large number of shares and becomes widely known in a short period?

23To start a conversation in a social setting, especially with someone you don't know.

24Which idiom will best reeplace the green words?-My siblings and I agreed to help my mom with teh kitchen.

25Which option is similar to: "HOLD THE LINE"

26Determined by divine intervention.

27"Bite your tongue ..... "

28Johnny wanted to be the president of basketball club but he could only ..... and accept the vice president post when his best friend, Alex won the majority votes.

29That name ..... a bell but I can't remember exactly where I've heard it before.

30A jam sessions

31What did Liza say Wizards don't wear

32When I was studying abroad, I liked knowing that I could talk to my family at the ..... of button. (very quickly)

33To wait a minute

34My friends and I have to go back to the drawing board since the first travel trip got cancelled.

35If something "rings a bell," it:

36If a post is been liked by many people it is said to become

37Being ready to listen carefully.

38A case ..... point

39Don't take his advice literally! Just .....!

40To "rip into" means to ..... A) enjoy B) attackC) savor

41People like to play ..... on each other on April Fool's Day.

42Below are the expressions of accepting an offer, except..

43Scientific knowledge helps illuminate the past. What does "illuminate the past" mean?

44..... a helping hand to your neighbours.

45Sara is a bookworm and she likes to go to the library every day. The idiom means ..... -

46Bonus Question: What can you hear but you can't see that you hear all day long.

47Match the following with the correct definition: Jumping on the band wagon

48What is it called when you raise a glass and say something nice to honor someone?

49A game in which no one wins .....

50To take care of someone or something

51Wake up =

52A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them.

53CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER:You shouldn't lie to your girlfriend. She is ..... to find out.

54Choose the idiom that means strong evidence of someone's feelings or merits.

55Emerson encourages people to speak their thoughts "in words as hard as cannon balls" to:

56Dress for success is one of the etiquette for .....

57Strike you

58Policy of banishing a person that is seen as a threat.

59Read the following sentences and choose the best answer for the blank. A: Did you eat snake in China? B: Yes, you know what they say: when in Rome ..... the Romans do.

60The distress communication and silence condition shall be terminated by transmitting a message, when after reception cancel distress message from the aircraft, including the word-

61They finally saw eye to eye on the issue.An idiom 'see eye to eye' means .....