Put your saying skills to the test: The ultimate idioms quiz

Questions

1. What does the idiom “break the ice” mean?
2. If someone says they are “burning the midnight oil,” what do they mean?
3. The idiom “let the cat out of the bag” means:
4. What does it mean when someone is “feeling under the weather”?
5. “Bite the bullet” is an idiom that means:
6. What does it mean when someone says, “It’s raining cats and dogs”?
7. If someone is described as “the black sheep of the family,” what does that imply?
8. When someone says they’re “on the ball,” they mean:
9. What does the idiom “kick the bucket” mean?
10. The phrase “piece of cake” refers to:

Answers

1. To make people feel more comfortable in a social situation
2. They are working late into the night
3. To reveal a secret unintentionally
4. They are feeling sick or unwell
5. To take decisive action in a difficult situation
6. It is raining very heavily
7. They are different from the rest of the family
8. They are alert and efficient
9. To die
10. Something that is very easy to do