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Splitting Hairs
English Idioms for advanced level students
1)   We told him to keep his hair on because he was getting angrier and angrier.
    a) to stand still
    b) to remain calm
    c) to speak quietly
    d) to sit down
2)   I can't really explain it but the moment she walks into the room and asks me a question she gets in my hair.
    a) pulls my hair
    b) terrifies me
    c) criticizes me
    d) irritates me
3)   Now that he's passed his exams and got his qualifications he's decided to let his hair down.
    a) behave informally
    b) behave noisily
    c) behave easily
    d) behave fully
4)   When I opened the door and saw this white figure in front of me, it really made my hair stand on end.
    a) upset me
    b) disappointed me
    c) terrified me
    d) surprised me
5)   After the boss had given her the sack, she just walked out of the office without turning a hair.
    a) showing some feeling
    b) showing no feeling at all
    c) showing a little feeling
    d) showing a lot of feeling
6)   Quite frankly you're splitting hairs. Does it matter whether it's the past simple or the perfect tense?
    a) arguing about small points
    b) arguing about tenses
    c) aruing about grammar
    d) arguing about grammatical points
7)   I saw him last November and since then I have seen neither hide nor hair of him.
    a) seen little of him
    b) seen him once or twice
    c) not seen him at all
    d) not seen much of him
8)   Don't worry if she doesn't say much because she says she's having a bad hair day.
    a) she's experiencing a lot of problems
    b) she's discovering horrible things
    c) she's doing too much
    d) she's been eating too much
9)   I was really scared when I saw him because he was tearing his hair out about the new management decision.
    a) extremely excited
    b) extremely worried
    c) extremely angry
    d) extremely depressed
10)   They were very lucky they didn't get themselves killed because they came within a hair's breadth of falling down the mountain.
    a) very near to
    b) very nearer to
    c) very nearly to
    c) very next to
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