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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 soft
    It's very special
    It's very sweet
    It's very easy
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  • What does this expression mean? Break a leg.
    Go fight
    Don't get into problems
    Speed recovery
    Good luck
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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 didn't see each other in a long time
    We don't agree with each other
    We don't speak with each other
    We don't love each other
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  • What does this expression mean? It got out of hand.
    It got out of control
    It got out of the house
    My hand is slippery
    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
    Pray for me
    Don't move
    Keep your mouth shut
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  • What does this expression mean? It's not rocket science.
    It's not about astrophysics
    It doesn't make sense
    It's not difficult to understand
    It's not scientific
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  • Pull someone's leg means to support someone to continue.
    True
    False
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  • To pull someone's leg means to trick or lie to someone in a playful way. Example : 'stop pulling my leg, my wife doesn't want a divorce!'
    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 Satan
    Speaking about a dead person
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  • What does this expression mean? Time flies!
    Time goes fast
    I am drunk
    Time is being wasted
    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 drink too much
    To lose your mind
    To understand something complicated
    To feel a headache
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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 punch someone in the face till they bleed
    To turn on the lights during the daytime
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  • Don't cry over spilt milk means don't cook when you're drunk.
    False
    True
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