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English idioms quiz — Words & languages

The “English idioms” quiz — Words & languages. It has 25 questions in five categories: Starting & Stopping, Feelings & States, Talk & Subtext, Work & Progress, Chance & Outcomes. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: English idioms

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Starting & Stopping

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    At a tense orientation, a light joke makes strangers relax. Which idiom describes this?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which idiom means to stop working because you have done enough for now?

  3. 300

    Which idiom means to…

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  4. 400

    Which idiom means to…

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  5. 500

    Which idiom means to…

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Feelings & States

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which idiom means to be extremely pleased or delighted?

  2. 200

    Which idiom means to feel slightly ill or not quite well?

  3. 300

    Which idiom means to…

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  4. 400

    Which idiom means to…

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  5. 500

    Which idiom means to…

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Talk & Subtext

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which idiom means to reveal secret or confidential information?

  2. 200

    Which idiom means that people share the same understanding or are in agreement?

  3. 300

    Which idiom means to…

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  4. 400

    Which idiom means to…

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  5. 500

    Which idiom means to…

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Work & Progress

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which idiom means to learn how a particular job or task is done?

  2. 200

    Which idiom means to do your fair share of work in a group?

  3. 300

    Which idiom means to…

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  4. 400

    Which idiom means to…

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  5. 500

    Which idiom means to…

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Chance & Outcomes

  1. 100

    Which idiom means to lose an opportunity because you were too slow to act?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which idiom describes a plan or decision that is still uncertain or unsettled?

  3. 300

    Which idiom means to…

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  4. 400

    What expression names a…

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  5. 500

    Which idiom describes something…

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