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The Most Common English Expressions

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    #English #idioms, #proverbs, and #expressions are an important part of everyday English. They come up all the time in both #written and #spoken Englis...
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  • What does this expression mean? It's a piece of cake.
    It's very special
    It's very sweet
    It's very easy
    It's very soft
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  • What does this expression mean? Break a leg.
    Go fight
    Don't get into problems
    Good luck
    Speed recovery
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  • Beat around the bush means avoiding the main subject by talking about irrelevant things.
    False
    True
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  • What does this expression mean? We don't see eye to eye.
    We don't speak with each other
    We don't agree with each other
    We don't love each other
    We didn't see each other in a long time
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  • What does this expression mean? It got out of hand.
    My hand is slippery
    It got out of control
    It got out of the house
    It ran away from the hand
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  • Cutting corners means "doing something poorly in order to save time or money".
    True
    False
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  • What does this expression mean? Hang in there.
    Don't give up
    Keep your mouth shut
    Don't move
    Pray for me
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  • What does this expression mean? It's not rocket science.
    It doesn't make sense
    It's not difficult to understand
    It's not about astrophysics
    It's not scientific
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  • Pull someone's leg means to support someone to continue.
    False
    True
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  • What does this expression mean? Speaking of the devil!
    Speaking about a person then s/he show up!
    Speaking about a dead person
    Speaking about Satan
    Speaking about something bad
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  • What does this expression mean? Time flies!
    I am drunk
    Time goes fast
    It's getting dark
    Time is being wasted
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  • To make matters worse means to make problems worse.
    False
    True
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  • What does this expression mean? Wrap your head around something!
    To lose your mind
    To feel a headache
    To drink too much
    To understand something complicated
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  • What does this expression mean? To break the ice.
    To get warm in a cold place
    To feel comfortable in a conversation with a stranger
    To turn on the lights during the daytime
    To punch someone in the face till they bleed
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  • Don't cry over spilt milk means don't cook when you're drunk.
    False
    True
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  • What does this expression mean? Saving for rainy days.
    Saving a soldier during a war
    Saving money for tough times
    Keeping Summer fruits for Winter
    Praying a lot so that you can go to heaven
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