Idiomatic Expressions Quiz

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1. To take someone under your wing is to take care of them
2. To eat the humble pie is to make a humble apology
3. To get out of the bed on the wrong side is to be in a particularly irritable mood
4. To make the feathers fly is to cause turmoil
5. What does itsy-bitsy mean? tiny
6. To dilly-dally is to waste time
7. I still miss the hurly-burly of university life.
8. To live in straitened circumstances is to live in poverty
9. What does the expression wishy-washy mean? weak
10. You have to cooperate willy-nilly
11. To be at loggerheads is to disagree strongly
12. Bete noire means an object of aversion