Idiom Practice 8

Ten idioms make up this quiz, each shown as a sentence with a gap for you to fill.

You might finish What other surprises have you got up your ___? or She likes to tell a joke when she needs to break the ___. getting comfortable with sayings that pop up all the time.

One expression even appears in the quiz and has a smelly origin: a red herring, a strongly smoked fish, was supposedly used to throw hunting dogs off a scent, which is why it now means a clue meant to mislead.

Recommended level: intermediate.