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Q.1
Of course I won't tell anyone. ___________.
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My lips are shut.
My lips are glued.
My lips are pursed.
My lips are sealed.
Q.2
Living in the wilderness made him tough. He only ate ___________, so there was no sleeping in on Saturdays. He needed to work hard every day in order to survive.
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by the wool over his eyes
by the sweat of his brow
by the foam of his mouth
by the hair of his chinny chin chin
Q.3
In most dice games, ___________ are unlucky.
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dog eyes
snake eyes
rat eyes
shark eyes
Q.4
I know they hurt you, but don't take revenge. ___________ instead.
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Arm yourself to the teeth
Get your nose out of joint
Turn the other cheek
Pay through the nose
Q.5
Our neighbor is ___________. He's got 26 guns and a bunch of different types of knives.
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armed to the teeth
cheek by jowl
taking it on the chin
keeping his chin up
Q.6
___________. I know you're sad about this now, but it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
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Rub your nose in it
Hold your tongue
Keep your chin up
Pay through the nose
Q.7
'Brow' is a literary term for someone's ___________.
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cheekbones
eyelids
nostrils
forehead
Q.8
'An eye for an eye', 'turn the other cheek', and 'by the sweat of your brow' are all idioms that come from ___________.
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the Bible
Moby Dick
the Iliad
the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Q.9
If he steals flowers from my yard again, I'm going to steal flowers from his yard! ___________.
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Turn the other cheek
Cheek by jowl
Chin up
An eye for an eye
Q.10
___________ famously said, "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
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Socrates
Attila the Hun
Mahatma Gandhi
Jesus Christ
Q.11
I would love to sit in the front row at one of these games, but you ___________ for those seats! I can't afford that at this stage in my life.
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hold your tongue
pay through the nose
roll snake eyes
rub your nose in it
Q.12
These new homes are sitting ___________. There's hardly any lawn at all between them! Honestly, I'd prefer a smaller house with a little more land. I don't want to be able to see into my neighbor's kitchen from my bathroom.
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by the sweat of their brow
chin up
cheek by jowl
armed to the teeth
Q.13
I know I made some mistakes in the past, but stop ___________! You never let anyone forget any of their past mistakes, no matter how long it's been!
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rubbing my nose in it
holding your tongue
turning the other cheek
paying through the nose
Q.14
The idiom 'armed to the teeth' originated with ___________!
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dentists
ballerinas
pirates
lawyers
Q.15
My sister tends to say some pretty inflammatory things about men, but I would be forever indebted to you if you could ___________ when we meet her. I don't have the energy for an argument tonight.
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pull the wool over her eyes
rub her nose in it
foam at the mouth
hold your tongue
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