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Idioms Related To Effort Hard WorkSet 5

1Fill in the blank with the correct idiom: The children's gifts to the society were just ....., but the children learned that giving is important.

2You need to get your ..... together and start studying now if you want to pass your exams.

3Which example illustrates North's lively contemporary idiom?

4Go to great lengths- "He went to great lengths to impress her" means

5Choose the correct meaning of "through thick and thin"

6Correct Use of the phrase " Piece Of Cake"

7Don't beat a dead horse

8What does "playing catch-up" mean in the context of staying up late?

9Clown around

10Difficult to read or understand

11Burn the midnight .....

12Vocabulary8. Since Mum went on strike, the dishes have been ..... in the kitchen sink.

13The escaped prisoner fought ..... before he was finally overpowered.

14The prosecutor knew that the councilman had stolen public funds, but she wanted to get all of her ducks in a row before she charged him with a crime.

15I go the extra mile to help my neighbors.

16I've been playing the piano for ten years. Learning that new song was ..... for me.

17Which idiom will best describe someone who spends a lot of time watching television with little or no physical activity?

18To do more than enough

19Riding a bike is a piece of cake ..... what are they comparing?

20Which of the following sentences uses the idiom "a piece of cake" correctly?

21Choose a way of doing something when other ways have not worked

22Easy does it, means

23If you were trying to find your friend in a huge crowd of people, it would be like .....

24"Wild-goose chase" comes from Romeo and Juliet. We use this phrase today to mean:

25What does the idiom "Joe went above and beyond." imply?

26"Why don't we pitch in to get dad a gift on father's day?"

27The idiom 'Go the extra mile' means:

28Kian Xiang can finish the exam paper within ten minutes because the questions are just a piece of cake.

29Which phrase means "to handle a difficult situation or task"?

30Choose the correct meaning of "bend over backwards"

31Sometimes it seems like I'm ..... in trying to start a new business.

32I don't like my job now. Because I always burn the candle at both ends.

33You can try to convince her, but you might as well ..... She's made up her mind.

34The student decided to ..... for the test, staying up all night to review the material.

35I kept trying to fix my old bike even though it was beyond repair-I was .....

36She is being ..... in her new job when she anchors the evening news on her first day.

37"roll up your sleeves"

38Identify the idiom which means "something very easy".

39Don't accept too much work and things that you cannot do.

40I studied hard so the test was .....

41Very easy is the meaning for the idiom

42He has a long way to go before he finishes his university course.

43Give something one's all

44What does the idiom 'Dirty work' mean?

45The exams are only a month away, if you don't ..... now, you'll surely fail.

46The meaning struggle

47They thought that she didn't want to go to the disco because she didn't like dancing. But they were barking up the ..... tree. It was because she didn't like the flashing lights.

48Juan Carlos has worked for hours on those irregular verbs, but you know what they say " ..... "

49Work less hard than usual

50Why is Sally finding it so hard to print that document? It's not .....!

51People who avoid work

52After playing for three straight quarters, the quarterback was running out of steam. What is the meaning of this idiom?

53What does 'pull your weight' mean?

54Someone is wasting a lot of time doing nothing important. They are .....

55Which idiom means something that is very difficult to do

56If you put on your thinking cap, you can help me solve this problem.

57It takes time to ..... and understand how things work.

58To stop doing something you usually do

59The exam is a breeze.

60A for Effort

61Go the extra mile most nearly means what?