Quiz voor gemeenschappelijke Engelse jargon en idioom

Leer Engels / Engelse quiz

Test je kennis van Engelse slang en idiomatische uitdrukkingen met deze gratis online quiz en ontvang meteen je resultaten.

Dit Engelse jargon en idioomquiz is vooral nuttig voor gevorderde leerlingen en voor degenen die zich voorbereiden op Engelse taalvaardigheidstoetsen, zoals IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge FCE, CAE En CPE.
 

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1 / 10

over the hill

extremely pleased or happy

great, exciting, wild, or out of control

no longer able to do something well because of age

2 / 10

feel under the weather

feel sorry or sad about something that has already happened

go crazy

feel ill or unwell

3 / 10

a blessing in disguise

something positive in a difficult situation

something that seems bad at first, but results in something good later

a clever person who makes good decisions

4 / 10

egg someone on

encourage someone to do something

make someone very irritated or angry

flatter or praise someone as a means of gaining their help

5 / 10

butter someone up

encourage someone to do something

avoid talking about what is important

flatter or praise someone as a means of gaining their help

6 / 10

full of beans

full of energy, and in high spirits

extremely happy

ready and eager to listen

7 / 10

bark up the wrong tree

do something in the quickest or cheapest way, often harming the quality of your work

try to do something in a way that will not work

lose an opportunity to do something by being slow to act

8 / 10

When I found out that there was no Anita Hill at the university, I began to suspect that I had been sent on _____.

a paper tiger

a paper chase

a wild-goose chase

a wild-goose chase = a situation where you waste time looking for something that you are not going to find, either because that thing does not exist or because you have been given wrong information about it

a wild-goose chase = a situation where you waste time looking for something that you are not going to find, either because that thing does not exist or because you have been given wrong information about it

9 / 10

We're looking for a new home in the _____ belt (a zone of farmland and parks surrounding a town).

blue

green

leather

green belt = a strip of countryside round a city or town where building is not allowed

green belt = a strip of countryside round a city or town where building is not allowed

10 / 10

hit the hay / sack

go to bed

face a difficult or unpleasant situation bravely

stop working or end an activity

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