Idiom Practice 1

This fill-in-the-blank quiz tests 10 common American idioms by leaving out the key word for you to supply.

You finish a sentence like No matter how aggravated the customers get, she stays as cool as a ___. or Are you guys going to tie the ___ this year? which is a fun way to build natural-sounding English.

One phrase here has a clear source: the expression catch-22 comes straight from Joseph Heller's 1961 novel of the same name, where it describes a no-win situation with rules that trap you either way.

Recommended level: intermediate.

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Question 1

Going into business in that town was a catch-... .

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Are you guys going to tie the ... this year?

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After disappointing sales, the company decided to pull the ... on the new SUV.

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This could never happen; are you pulling my ... ?

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The latest weather forecast was a bitter ... to swallow.

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He tried to fool the judge even though he was caught ...-handed.

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The team that worked down to the ... has won again.

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Give a big ... to the band from New Jersey!

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After the unsuccessful test, we had to go back to the ... board.

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No matter how aggravated the customers get, she stays as cool as a ... .

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