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Idioms Related To Effort Hard WorkSet 2

1She was burning the midnight ..... to finish her part of the project

2Devoting oneself entirely to a task means:

3What does the idiom 'Buckle down' mean?

4Sela: "Do you think you can finish this difficult puzzle?" Dimas: "Yes, I won't ..... until I'm done."

5I've been working 14-hour days for the last two months, and I am seriously ..... fumes at this point.

6Guess if this is a phrase or an idiom-It's a piece of cake for Jodie to make spectacular artworks.

7Ease off means:

8It took a ..... to win the tug-of-war contest against the 5th graders!

9The problem is beyond my .....

10If you don't pass the exam this time don't ..... Try again!

11How can "catch up with" be used in the context of schoolwork?

12I have to hit the books.

13My brother has been to more than ten interviews, and he now feels like he is banging his head .....

14It's time to hit the books

15Choose the correct idiomatic sense of the phrase below:A hard nut to crack

16Be a breeze

17Buckle down

18Which of the following would best be described as a concerted effort?

19You better ..... if you want to pass your exam on Friday.

20Claire has bigger fish to fry. Means, she has bigger things to take care of than what we are talking about now.

21"Study hard" means .....

22Playing around with things to fix or improve them

23"a labour of love" what does it mean?

24What does the idiom in red mean?After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

25Which phrase indicates that someone is very busy?

26John is faced with a problem at work. Instead of working through the problem, he decides to just try different things randomly until something works. This is known as .....

27What does the idiom mean?"Keep your head above water"

28Our test was a breeze.What does this mean?

29In Malaysia, mothers often ..... in festive preparations like cooking and cleaning.

30If someone says "I need to brush my english up" it means:

31I will ..... my best in the IELTS test

32"Bustin' a gut" (pg. 8)

33..... up your sleeves and get busy. We have so much more work to do.

34Crunch time

35(to) wing it

36If I'm near to an evaluation in my university, what I must do?

37She packed an entire wardrobe for a weekend trip; that might be a little .....

38"Easy does it" means ..... A) let's do it later B) let's do it carefullyC) let's do it quickly

39'Bit off more than you can chew" & "in over your head" mean this.

40What does the idiom 'Dot your i's and cross your t's' mean?

41Only allowing half an hour to get from the station to the airport is cutting it ....., isn't it?

42What does the phrase "out of practice" mean?

43Easy does it.

44I can do a cartwheel! It's a piece of cake! What does the idiom "Piece of cake" mean?

45Choose a phrase that could replace the idiom.Painting the whole house is a huge job. I bit off more than I can chew.

46Larry is burning the midnight oil because he's having an exam tomorrow.What does the idiom mean?

47He had to ..... to finish the report before the deadline, staying up late to get it done.

48Instructions: Choose the correct idiom from the box to complete the sentence. Use each idiom as needed. Complete the sentence: He studied all night to prepare for the exam; he really .....

49Denise has been burning the midnight ..... trying to finish this report, so she must be exhausted.

50Fill in the correct idiom: I was really nervous about giving the speech, but I managed to .....

51Jamal finished his homework in ten minutes. He told his mom, 'It was a piece of cake!' What did he mean?

52If you don't take enough time off, you risk .....

53Carley works her finger to the bone at WalMart.

54Practice makes .....

55Chales is having a lot of problems with his business but at least he is keeping his head above the water.a. not downingb. keeping dryc. managing to survived. trying to swim

56To search blindly and uncertainly

57It feels like I ..... when I promised to complete this worksheet in one day.

58By dint of

59My brother is sad because his bike is broken, but dad says it is a piece of cake to fix. What does "piece of cake" mean?

60The detective decided to leave no stone unturned to find the thief.

61Which example illustrates a semantic difference between free and phraseological units?