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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 easy
    It's very soft
    It's very sweet
    It's very special
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  • What does this expression mean? Break a leg.
    Good luck
    Go fight
    Don't get into problems
    Speed recovery
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  • Beat around the bush means avoiding the main subject by talking about irrelevant things.
    True
    False
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  • What does this expression mean? We don't see eye to eye.
    We don't love each other
    We don't agree with each other
    We didn't see each other in a long time
    We don't speak with each other
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  • What does this expression mean? It got out of hand.
    It got out of the house
    It ran away from the hand
    My hand is slippery
    It got out of control
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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.
    Pray for me
    Don't move
    Keep your mouth shut
    Don't give up
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  • What does this expression mean? It's not rocket science.
    It's not difficult to understand
    It's not about astrophysics
    It doesn't make sense
    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 something bad
    Speaking about a person then s/he show up!
    Speaking about a dead person
    Speaking about Satan
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  • What does this expression mean? Time flies!
    Time goes fast
    Time is being wasted
    I am drunk
    It's getting dark
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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 understand something complicated
    To feel a headache
    To lose your mind
    To drink too much
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  • What does this expression mean? To break the ice.
    To turn on the lights during the daytime
    To get warm in a cold place
    To feel comfortable in a conversation with a stranger
    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
    Praying a lot so that you can go to heaven
    Keeping Summer fruits for Winter
    Saving money for tough times
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