idioms silent quiz

Silent Quiz Silent Quiz Use the cards marked A, B, and C Use the cards marked A, B, and C to answer the following questionsto answer the following questions

1. a blessing in disguise • Losing that job was a blessing in

disguise because it meant I ….

c) got a much better job d) lost my house e) was unemployed for years

2. add insult to injury • After saying Beverly made too many

mistakes, Bob added insult to injury by saying

b) they were small mistakes c) she worked very slowly d) her work was excellent

3. clean as a whistle • The school thought their new

teacher's record was as clean as a whistle because he hadn't told them about

b) his arrest for drunk driving c) his dirty bathroom d) his cheating at cards

4. hang in there | hang on in there

• My friends all called and told me to hang in there after I'd

c) left for my honeymoon d) decided to go sky-diving e) broken my leg in an accident

5.leave well enough alone /let well enough

alone • Some staff think we need new

packaging for our products, and others think we should leave well enough alone and …

b) change to new packaging c) go back to older packaging d) keep the same packaging

6. read between the lines • If you read between the lines, you

will b) know what the writer really thinks c) be able to read a lot quicker d) make up the story for yourself