IEO Idioms & Phrases 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does 'actions speak louder than words' mean?
- Shouting is more effective than speaking quietly
- What you do is more important than what you say (Correct answer)
- Doing things is always harder than talking about them
- Words are meaningless in communication
Correct answer: What you do is more important than what you say
This proverb means that what a person actually does reveals more about their character than what they promise or claim.
Question 2: The idiom 'a penny for your thoughts' means:
- Asking someone to lend you money
- Asking someone to share what they are thinking (Correct answer)
- Offering a small reward for good work
- Complaining about a small payment
Correct answer: Asking someone to share what they are thinking
'A penny for your thoughts' is a polite way of asking someone what they are thinking or daydreaming about.
Question 3: What does the phrase 'hit the sack' mean?
- To punch a punching bag
- To go to bed or sleep (Correct answer)
- To win a fight
- To finish work quickly
Correct answer: To go to bed or sleep
'Hit the sack' is an informal idiom meaning to go to bed and sleep.
Question 4: What does 'kill two birds with one stone' mean?
- To do something cruel and efficient
- To accomplish two things with a single action (Correct answer)
- To harm more than one person
- To fail at two tasks at once
Correct answer: To accomplish two things with a single action
'Kill two birds with one stone' means to accomplish two different goals with a single action, saving time and effort.
Question 5: The phrase 'once in a blue moon' means:
- Every month during the full moon
- Very rarely or almost never (Correct answer)
- During unusual weather
- Every few years during a lunar event
Correct answer: Very rarely or almost never
'Once in a blue moon' means something that happens very rarely, since a blue moon is an uncommon astronomical event.
Question 6: What does the idiom 'the tip of the iceberg' imply?
- A small, visible part of a much larger hidden problem (Correct answer)
- A very cold place or situation
- The beginning of a journey
- A small but beautiful discovery
Correct answer: A small, visible part of a much larger hidden problem
'The tip of the iceberg' means that what is visible or known is only a small part of a much larger issue that is mostly hidden.
IEO Idioms & Phrases 3
What does 'actions speak louder than words' mean?