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The Most Common English Expressions

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  • What does this expression mean? Take it with a grain of salt.
    Add some salt to it then eat it
    Don't believe it blindly, doubt it a little bit
    Take it seriously
    Take it slowly and gently
  • Don't cry over spilt milk means don't cook when you're drunk.
    True
    False
  • Pull someone's leg means to support someone to continue.
    False
    True
  • Cutting corners means "doing something poorly in order to save time or money".
    True
    False
  • What does this expression mean? It got out of hand.
    My hand is slippery
    It got out of the house
    It ran away from the hand
    It got out of control
  • 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
  • What does this expression mean? Hang in there.
    Don't give up
    Don't move
    Pray for me
    Keep your mouth shut
  • What does this expression mean? Time flies!
    I am drunk
    Time goes fast
    Time is being wasted
    It's getting dark
  • What does this expression mean? It's not rocket science.
    It doesn't make sense
    It's not about astrophysics
    It's not difficult to understand
    It's not scientific
  • The elephant in the room means the problem people are avoiding.
    True
    False
  • 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 something bad
    Speaking about Satan
  • To make matters worse means to make problems worse.
    True
    False
  • What does this expression mean? Saving for rainy days.
    Keeping Summer fruits for Winter
    Saving money for tough times
    Praying a lot so that you can go to heaven
    Saving a soldier during a war
  • 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 speak with each other
    We don't love each other
    We don't agree with each other
  • 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
  • What does this expression mean? It's a piece of cake.
    It's very special
    It's very easy
    It's very sweet
    It's very soft
  • Beat around the bush means avoiding the main subject by talking about irrelevant things.
    False
    True
  • What does this expression mean? Break a leg.
    Speed recovery
    Don't get into problems
    Go fight
    Good luck