Idioms with prepositions - English idioms for advanced level students

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Idioms with prepositions
English Idioms for advanced level students

1) It's a far cry from those days long ago when you could leave your front door unlocked.

a) a long shout away
b) a long time since
c) a long way before
d) a long time before

2) I wish you would stop talking and hear me out.

a) let me go across
b) let me listen to you
c) let me carry on listening
d) let me finish speaking

3) There's no saying you couldn't pass your exam if you really tried.

a) There's a possibility
b) It's not possible
c) It's not impossible
d) It's impossible

4) We haven't seen him for ages but he turns up once in a blue moon.

a) very rarely
b) sometimes
c) occasionally
d) frequently

5) It's like hitting your head against a brick wall trying to get him to see sense because he takes no notice.

a) very painful
b) almost impossible
c) almost damaging
d) very hurtful

6) He's got it into his head that we think he's stupid but we really don't.

a) He seriously contemplates
b) He seriously ponders
c) He seriously wonders
d) He seriously believes

7) We thought it would all go off very well but in the end it turned out to be a damp squib.

a) wet thing
b) failure
c) lot of rain
d) complaint

8) I know you're keen but I don't want you to jump the gun. Just relax.

a) fire the bullet
b) shoot the target
c) start too soon
d) shoot too soon

9) Count to ten before you say anything and don't blow your top.

a) eat too quickly
b) speak too quickly
c) lose your way
d) lose your temper

10) It's like talking to a brick wall because you never get an answer from her.

a) there's nobody there
b) there's something there
c) there's a lot there
c) there's anything there

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