Phrasal Verbs + Idioms Test 3

Front 1

Bite off more than you can chew

Back 1

Try to do something that is too hard for you

Front 2

First up best dressed

Back 2

The first people to do something will get some kind of reward

Front 3

Cool your jets

Back 3

Calm down

Slow down

Front 4

Back to square one

Back 4

Back to the beginning

Front 5

The lesser of two evils

Back 5

The less unpleasant of two undesirable possibilities

Front 6

Easiness

Back 6

Child's play

A piece of cake

As easy as falling off a log

Like taking candy from a baby

Front 7

Sing the blues

Back 7

To complain or express grief

Front 8

Add insult to injury

Back 8

Act in a way that makes a bad situation even worse

Front 9

Every cloud has a silver lining

Back 9

Every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect

Front 10

Beating around the bush

Back 10

To avoid talking about what is important

Front 11

Drastic times call for drastic measures

Back 11

Extreme circumstances can only be solved by equally extreme actions

Front 12

Burn your bridges

Back 12

Destroy all possible ways of going back to the situation

Front 13

I've had my fill of

Back 13

Fed up

Front 14

Paint the town red

Back 14

Celebrate to the max

Front 15

Caught up between two stools

Back 15

Fail due to difficulty in choosing between 2 alternative

Front 16

Variety is the spice of life

Back 16

New and exciting experience makes life more interesting

Front 17

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Back 17

You feel more affection for those you love when parted from them

Front 18

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

Back 18

Used to say that it is better to hold onto something one , than to risk losing it by trying to get something better

Front 19

Take someone under your wing

Back 19

Into one's protective care

Front 20

Kill two birds with one stone

Back 20

Achieve two aims at once

Front 21

Indulge in

Back 21

To take pleasure in doing something

Front 22

Make something up

Back 22

To invent something

Front 23

Drop by

Back 23

Brief visit

Front 24

Ache for

Back 24

Want something very badly

Front 25

Drift apart

Back 25

Gradually becomes less friendly

Front 26

Fall through

Back 26

Fail ( out of your hand )

Front 27

Get round to

Back 27

To do something that you have intended for a long time

Front 28

Toy with

Back 28

Not being serious

Front 29

Track down

Back 29

Persue till found

Front 30

Slip up

Back 30

Make a careless mistakes

Front 31

Rub out

Back 31

Remove

Erase

Front 32

Scrape through

Back 32

To succeed in something , with a lot of difficulty

Front 33

Think back on

Back 33

Recall a past event or time

Front 34

Walk out on

Back 34

To Leave something or someone

Front 35

Do away with

Back 35

Put an end to

Remove

Get rid off

Dispense with

Hint 35

The desire to do away with racism

Front 36

Come down with

Back 36

Become sick

Front 37

Hold something back

Back 37

1) to stop someone or something developing or going as well as they should

2) hold or prevent

Front 38

Fall behind

Back 38

To fail to do something fast enough or on time

Front 39

Look down on

Back 39

To think that you are better than someone

Front 40

Abide by

Back 40

To follow a rule

Comply with