3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1: Body Idioms II Quiz

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Don Bissonnette
South Seattle Community College

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Body Idioms II Quiz

1. When a person says, "Don't sweat it", he means:

a. Don't get hot b. Don't worry about something c. No way possible d. Keep dry

2. The sixteen-year-old-boy told his father that he wanted him to buy him a fast sports car for his seventeenth birthday. His father just looked at him and said, "Over my dead body." What did the father mean by that?

a. He would give his son one after he died. b. The boy could buy one after his father died.

c. The father would not buy him one. d. The father was just kidding.

3. The doctor had to twist the boy's arm to allow the doctor to take a blood sample.

a. hurt the boy b. convince the boy c. break the boy's arm d. bribe the boy.

4. The New Year's Eve party really got out of hand and the neighbors had to call the police.

a. disrespectful b. out of control c. joyful d. relaxed

5. When the old man told the two young children that he once walked on the moon, he was really pulling their leg.

a. taking them for a walk b. being very serious c. telling them the truth d. kidding them

6. When the man refused to divorce his wife and marry his girlfriend, she got very angry at him and told him that he didn't have any backbone.

a. had a weak back b. shouldn’t be brave c. was a weak man d. was out of control

7. The boyfriend then answered that he would feel like a heel if he left his family.

a. the back of a foot b. ashamed of himself c. a dead man d. a stale piece of bread

8. When the mother tried to give her son some cough syrup, he turned his nose up.

a. opened his mouth b. couldn't wait to have some

c. showed her he wasn't happy d. smelled it.

9. When the car dealer told the customer he would give the man $100 for his old car if he bought a newer one, the customer told him to shove it and he left the dealership angrily.

a. keep the $100 b. increase the $100 c. lower the $100 d. agree with the deal.

10. The boys were all kidding John because he didn't have the guts to ask Lisa to go out with him to the dance.

a. have the courage b. have the stomach c. have the sweat d. have the bread

11. The clever thief stole the diamond bracelet from right under the clerk's nose.

a. while he wasn't in the room b. while the clerk was there

c. while he was wearing it d. inside the clerk's nose

12. When parents tell little children that Santa Claus brings Christmas presents down the chimney, they are

a. telling them the truth b. pulling their leg c. being serious d. very sad