Keep a cool head

A. Put a cold wet towel around your head due to high fever

B. Cool your head after hard work

C. Be calm in a difficult situation

D. Solve a problem

Give someone the cold shoulder

A. Encourage someone
B. Ignore someone
C. Protect someone from danger
D. Throw cold water on his shoulder

Breath down your neck

A. Stay very close to you
B. Talk about others behind their back
C. Watch you closely
D. Have a pain in the neck

Have a big mouth

A. You laugh all the time
B. you talk a lot and keep no secrets
C. You eat a lot
D. You talk and never listen to others

Have a long face

A. Your face is thin and long face
B. You are sad
C. you complain a lot
D. You are boastful

Music to my ears

A. Pleasant music
B. Music that helps people sleep
C. You hear things that make you happy
D. A loud boring music

Ships that pass in the night

A. Pirates' ships who travel at night to steal other ships
B. People who meet briefly and may not meet again
C. Transit ships that do not anchor at ports
D. Ships that transport illegal goods

Backseat driver

A. A passenger
B. An important person
C. an annoying person who gives unwanted advice to others
D. A new, inexperienced driver

In the same boat

A. Travel in the same boat
B. Be in the same tricky situation
C. be in the same pleasant situation
D. Support the same political party

Go Dutch

A. Go to Holland
B. Share the cost
C. Go to a Dutch bakery
D. Go out with Dutch friends

Pandora's box

A. A jewelry box
B. Something that unintentionally causes a lot of problems
C. An inherited box with memorable objects and photos
D. a box without a key

Soccer mom

A. A mom who is a soccer player
B. A mom who goes to every soccer game
C. a mom who takes her children to different activities
D. a young mom

Cook the books

A. love reading books
B. Keep records of a company business
C. Write bestselling books
D. Make false records of a business

Monkey business

A. A successful business
B. A zoo job
C. Dishonest and silly behaviour
D. Unfair business

Girl/man Friday

A. A girl/man who works only on Friday
B. An employee who does a variety office jobs
C. A Girl/man who works all days but not Friday
D. An important employee in the company

A plum job

A. An easy but well-paid job
B. A hard job
C. An easy but low paid job
D. A part-time job

Skeleton staff

A. Unsuccessful staff
B. Unhealthy staff
C. Small staff
D. Lazy staff

Have a lot on the plate

A. Have a lot of food on the plate
B. Have a lot of things to do
C. You are very hungry
D. The plate is full because you do not like the food

On the shelf

A. To be lazy doing nothing around the house
B. A decorative object
C. No longer needed
D. Decorate the shelf

Skeletons in the closet

A. Get ready for Halloween
B. Hide secrets from the past
C. Tidy up the room by hiding the mess
D. Prepare to scare someone

Sweep under the carpet

A. Sweep the dust under the carpet
B. Hide a mistake
C. Sweep to clean the carpet
D. Do a thorough house cleaning

Trophy wife

A. A beautiful wife
B. A trophy that we keep on the shelf
C. a beautiful young wife who marries a much older rich man
D. a wife who has achieved a specific goal

On the house

A. On the roof of your house
B. Free, paid by the host
C. Someone is working on the roof
D. The owners are giving the agent a price on the house

Change/turn your coat

A. Your coat is old
B. your coat can be worn inside and outside
C. Change sides to join another group
D. Your coat is too small

Wear the pants

A. Prefer to wear pants
B. Wear pants because you feel cold
C. You are the person in charge
D. Wear pants to be comfortable

A feather in your cap

A. A feather has fallen on your cap
B. A feather decoration on your cap
C. Something you are proud of
D. something that annoys you

Roll up your sleeves

A. Get ready to start work
B. Feel hot
C. Protect your shirt from getting dirty
D. Your sleeves are too long

In someone else's shoes

A. Wear someone else's shoes
B. Your shoes hurt you
C. In someone else's position
D. Try new shoes in the store

Meat and potatoes

A. Your favorite food
B. Expensive food
C. The most important need
D. Unhealthy food

Spick and span

A. messy
B. Exceptionally clean
C. A large area
D. In a far distance

Tie the knot

A. Your shoelaces are tied hard
B. Get married
C. Be in a rocky relationship
D. Can not solve a problem

On cloud nine

A. You are flying high on an airplane
B. You feel happy
C. You feel scared
D. The clouds are white and transparent

Have second thoughts

A. Have a low opinion of someone
B. Change your mind or opinion about something
C. have a second plan
D. You do something without thinking about it carefully

Have a green thumb

A. Thumbs are green after painting
B. Be naturally good with plants
C. Have an emerald ring
D. You are environmentally responsible

In the red

A. Feel happy and healthy
B. Be dressed in red
C. be in debt
D. Feels dominant

Feel blue

A. Feel envious
B. Feel like you are special
C. feel sad
D. feel relaxed

Over the hill

A. rich the top of the hill
B. win a race
C. stuck up at the top of the hill
D. getting old

Out of the woods

A. out of the forest
B. out of town
C. out of danger
D. out for a picnic in the woods

As cool as a cucumber

A. cold in the touch
B. Very calm and relaxed
C. Feel fresh
D. Someone not friendly

Pick up the tab

A. get the tablets from a pharmacy
B. pay the bill especially at a restaurant
C. Lift a heavy object
D. Skip paying for something ordered

A white elephant

A. A large animal
B. A person who is constantly eating
C. A strong person to lift heavy things
D. Something expensive but not useful

When pigs fly

A. Something that happens every day
B. A farm animal with short legs and thick skin but can run
C. Something that will never happen
D. Something we hope to happen

A big fish

A. A social and friendly person
B. An important person in a company
C. A flexible person
D. An intelligent person

A copycat

A. A fat cat
B. A friendly person
C. A house cat
D. A person who imitates others

A snake in the grass

A. A person who cannot be trusted
B. A loyal friend
C. Danger in the picnic
D. A poisonous snake

Break a leg

A. Slip on ice and break a leg
B. Good luck with your interview or exam
C. You run so fast to get somewhere
D. Bad luck with something

Cost an arm and a leg

A. Something is especially important
B. Extremely expensive
C. You hurt your arm or leg in line to buy something on sale
D. You paid little for something

All thumbs

A Clumsy to do handy work
B. Your fingers are short
C. Your fingers are numb
D. Your fingers are cold

Keep your fingers crossed

A. You are too tired and lazy
B. Hope that something good will happen
C. Your fingers are too cold
D. Your fingers hurt

Spill the beans

A. spill the beans on the floor
B. The bean bag has a hole in it
C. Tell a secret
D. Love to eat beans

A good egg

A. An organic egg
B. Big egg
C. A good reliable person
D. a rich person

Hit the bottle

A. Break the bottle
B. Buy a bottle
C. Get drunk
D. Throw the bottle

Peanuts

A. cheap
B. delicious
C. Plenty in numbers
D. A healthy nut

A lemon

A. An unhappy person
B. a grumpy person
C. A new item that does not work
D. A yellow sour fruit

A coach potato

A big potato
B. a baked potato
C. a person who watches a lot of TV
D. a big potato

Cup of tea

A. My favorite activity or person
B. You prefer tea
C. The cup used to drink tea
D. A fragile teacup

Butterfingers

A. your fingers are smooth
B. you have butter in your fingers
C. You are a clumsy person
D. You love butter

You are toast

A. You love toast
B. You are in big trouble
C. You lose a fight
D. You are welcome

A rotten apple

A. Too ripe
B. Fallen on the ground
C. A troublesome person
D. Bad apple

a tough cookie

A. Hard cookie to chew
B. A tough, strong person
C. Too sweet cookie
D. A stale cookie

A hot potato

A. a difficult person
B. A potato just baked
C. a cooked potato
D. a controversial topic to discuss

Can't stomach something

A. Have allergy to some food
B. Dislike, disapprove something
C. Have a sick, upset stomach
D. Have eaten too much

Wear your heart on your sleeve

A. Your blouse has a heart on the sleeve
B. Show your true feelings openly
C. Hide your feeling
D. Have a happy life

A shot in the arm

A. A vaccine in the arm
B. Encouragement at a difficult time
C. A blow at your arm
D. An unfair remark or criticism

Sunday driver
a. Aggressive driver
b. Slow driver who holds up the traffic
c. Person who drives only Sundays
d. Person who drives opposite the traffic flow

Beat the pants off
a. Remove someone’s pants to humiliate them
b. Destroy his reputation
c. To ignore someone who is trying to meet you
d. Defeat someone by a large score

Bomb a test
a. Fail a test
b. Study hard for a test
c. Pass a test with high score
d. Caught cheating in the test

Five finger discount
a. Get something without paying, stealing
b. 5-dollar discount at the grocery store
c. Everything is on clearance
d. Sale on five items only

Five o’clock shadow
a. Sunset at five o’clock
b. A light beard of a man who has not shaved
c. The shadow of a city clock at five p.m.
d. Five o’clock secret date

Nature stop
a. An animal farm
b. A stop to enjoy nature
c. Picnic in the wilderness
d. A stop during a road trip to use the toilet

Phony as a three-dollar bill
a. Not genuine, fake
b. incredibly old, historical
c. something valuable
d. A rare object

The wolf is at the door
a. There is a wolf at the door of your house or office
b. Your house door is not safe
c. The threat of poverty and danger is on us
d. A burglar is trying to break into your house

A pretty kettle of fish
a. a nice fishing trip
b. a pleasant situation
c. a nice variety of fish
d. a tricky situation

A dark horse
a. A dark colour horse
b. Someone who has surprising talent or skill
c. A mysterious person
d. A difficult horse to ride

Have itchy feet
a. Desperate to leave on a trip or somewhere
b. Your feet skin is itchy
c. Something irritates tour skin
d. Your shoes are too small

Twist someone’s arm
a. Defeat someone physically or verbally
b. Break someone’s arm
c. Persuade someone to do something they do not want to do
d. Physically harm someone

Have rocks in the head
a. Have no sense when making plans
b. Be very smart
c. Solve problems easily
d. Feel dizzy

Bury your head in the sand
a. Go sunbathing
b. Make plans that turn out to be unsuccessful
c. Hide because you fear someone
d. Try to avoid sad news or problems

Water under the bridge
a. Conflict that has not been solved
b. A grudge that has been forgiven and forgotten
c. Water running under the bridge
d. A person you do not want to think about

Go bananas
a. Go wild
b. Go shopping for bananas
c. Bananas are your favourite
d. Go banana picking

Big Apple
a. An incredibly famous apple
b. A special apple grown in Canada
c. Nick name for New York city
d. A delicious apple

Upset the apple cart
a. Organize things well
b. Cause big problems
c. Hurt someone’s feelings
d. To upset someone badly

A rotten apple
a. A bitter spoken person
b. A spoiled fruit
c. A left-over apple
d. Undesirable, negative person

That’s the way the cookie crumbles
a. This is fate
b. Cookies are hard to crumble
c. Cookies are not easy to make
d. That is the way to make good cookies

Sell like hot cakes

a. Difficult to sell
b. Sell something extremely expensive
c. Sell fast and in large quantity
d. Sell home-made food

in Dutch with someone
a. to go to Holland with someone
b. to be in trouble with someone
c. to be speaking Dutch with someone
d. someone is teaching you Dutch

out of this world
A. something is very rare
b. something does not exist
c. something is not accepted any more
d. something is impressive

Fall down on the job
a. have an accident at work
b. you are fired
c. fail to do the job properly
d. they did not hire you

keep something under your hat
a. hide money
b. wear a hat to cover your hair
c. hide a surprise
d. hide a secret

too big for your boots

a. You wear smaller size
b. Someone acts as if they are more important
c. Someone has a higher position
d. Someone is wearing loose boots

Fill someone’s shoes

a. Your shoes are too big
b. Take someone’s job
c. Try new shoes
d. Wear someone’s shoes

Number cruncher

a. An accountant
b. A shop keeper
c. A beggar
d. A stingy person

In the eleventh hour

a. Too late
b. At eleven o’clock
c. Early
d. At the last minute

Clear the air
a. Open the window to let fresh air inside
b. Get rid of hard feelings
c. Spray the air inside the room
d. Turn on an AC.

A cloud in the horizon
a. A sign of trouble
b. Clear sky with a few clouds
c. A shade in the cloud
d. A gorgeous picture of the sky

As think as a brick
a. Something is very thick
b. Someone is overweight
c. Someone is slow to understand
d. Rough person

Have other fish to fry
a. have plenty of fish to fry
b. have more important things to do
c. have different kind of fish
d. have better friends to be with

Chicken feed
a. Very little money
b. Very little food
c. Food for chicken
d. Food for children

My ears are burning
a. I am sick
b. I have fever
c. Someone hit my ears
d. Someone is talking about me

Icing on the cake
a. The cream on the cake
b. The best part of the cake
c. The best part of something
d. The most beautiful part of the cake