Body Idioms Exercise

Topic: Body Idioms
Quiz Instruction: Fill in the blanks.
Level: Intermediate

1. One slip of the____ can cause you a lot of trouble.
A) mouth
B) teeth
C) tongue

2. He tried to save ____ after a series of blunders.
A) body
B) face
C) head

3. He’s from your ____ of the woods.
A) foot
B) face
C) neck

4. She was angry and gave me the cold ____.
A) shoulder
B) neck
C) chest

5. I really put my ____ in my mouth with Sarah.
I asked her if she was pregnant. She wasn’t!
A) hand
B) foot
C) finger

6. We’ll need to use some ____ to clean and paint the building.
A) butterfingers
B) sweet tooth
C) elbow grease +

7. The good news came hot on the ____ of the bad news.
A) heels
B) palms
C) knees

8. It never crossed my ____ that he might be lying about it.
A) mind
B) heart
C) head

9. Are you serious or just pulling my ____?
A) feet
B) arm
C) leg

10. If two people ____, they agree with each other.
A) come face to face
B) see eye to eye
C) go head to head

11. The latest financial scandal has left the company with egg on its ____.
A) neck
B) hand
C) face

12. His cruelty to animals _______.
A) racked my brain
B) made my blood boil
C) let my hair down

[chelseaenchill]

1. Mouth
2. Face
3. Foot
4. Shoulder
5. Foot
6. Butterfingers
7. Heels
8. Mind
9. Arm
10. See eye to eye
11. Neck
12. Made my blood boil

10/12

[EnglishMadeEasy]

Wonderful quiz. My score is 8/12. Thank you very much.

[mariasenorita]

12/12👍👍👍I'm a huge fan of idioms😍

[ФирдавсФайзиев-щя]

Good stuff! I appreciate that. Thumbs up! Cheers!

[knut]

12/12 almost slipped on mind & head.