Top 1000 Idioms Test
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What are idioms? Idioms are groups of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

Idiomatic phrases enrich our use of language and register. 

E.g. Under the weather, Ball is in your court, etc.

This big quiz on idioms covers the top 1000 idioms.
 

Top 1000 Idioms Test
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25 Questions

1. Make A Clean Breast Of It

2. Take Heart

3. On/In The Cards

4. Through Thick And Thin

5. Take Something At Face Value

6. Make Hay While The Sun Shines

7. Under Sb's Thumb

8. As Brief As Timeas Brief As A Dream

9. Hush Money

10. The Long And The Short Of It

11. Step Up To The Plate

12. Keep Himself To Himself/ Keep To Himself

13. Look Lively/Sharp!

14. *In The Pink (Of Condition) And *In The Pink (Of Health)

15. Run Out Of Steam

16. Be On The Offensive

17. In A Jiffy

18. To Kill The Fatted Calf

19. By Hook Or By Crook

20. To Sell One A Bargain

21. He Who Pays The Piper Calls The Tune.

22. Send Someone Packing

23. Go Hot And Cold

24. A Month Of Sundays

25. Wear Two Hats