ESOL ESOL Idioms and Expressions 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does the idiom 'cost an arm and a leg' mean?
- Cause a physical injury
- Be extremely expensive (Correct answer)
- Be very cheap
- Require physical effort
Correct answer: Be extremely expensive
'Cost an arm and a leg' means something is very expensive or costs a great deal of money.
Question 2: If someone tells you to 'spill the beans,' what are they asking you to do?
- Cook dinner
- Reveal a secret or hidden information (Correct answer)
- Clean up a mess
- Plant a garden
Correct answer: Reveal a secret or hidden information
'Spill the beans' means to accidentally or deliberately reveal secret information.
Question 3: What does 'once in a blue moon' mean?
- Every night
- Very rarely (Correct answer)
- During full moons only
- Once a month
Correct answer: Very rarely
'Once in a blue moon' describes something that happens very rarely or infrequently.
Question 4: If someone says 'I'm on the fence,' what do they mean?
- They are sitting outside
- They are undecided or neutral about something (Correct answer)
- They agree completely
- They disagree strongly
Correct answer: They are undecided or neutral about something
'On the fence' means a person has not yet made a decision or is neutral between two options.
Question 5: What does 'burning the midnight oil' mean?
- Causing a fire at night
- Working or studying late into the night (Correct answer)
- Wasting fuel
- Sleeping during the day
Correct answer: Working or studying late into the night
'Burning the midnight oil' means working or studying very late at night, past normal hours.
Question 6: What does the expression 'piece of cake' mean?
- A slice of dessert
- Something very easy to do (Correct answer)
- Something expensive
- A difficult challenge
Correct answer: Something very easy to do
'Piece of cake' is used to describe a task that is very simple or easy to accomplish.
ESOL ESOL Idioms and Expressions 2
What does the idiom 'cost an arm and a leg' mean?