Idiom

Question 1

A figment of your imagination

Answer 1

something imagined or created by your mind

Question 2

To my dismay

Answer 2

means being mildly shocked by someone or some event in a negative way
sys: to my surprise

Question 3

Laugh my head off

Answer 3

to laugh a lot, loudly

Question 4

Be all the rage

Answer 4

to be very popular or

fashionable.

Question 5

Go back to the drawing board

Answer 5

to start planning something again because the first plan failed

Question 6

Love-hate relationship

Answer 6

strong feeling mixture of love and hate

Question 7

More money than sense

Answer 7

saying that you think someone is wasting their money

Ex: My father thinks that earbud it’s more money than sense

Question 8

Give someone the benefit of the doubt

Answer 8

decide that you will believe someone, even though you are not sure that what the person is saying is true
Ex: he seems doubtful when he said he was in a car accident, but I will give him the benefit of the doubt

Question 9

Speak volumes

Answer 9

it makes an opinion, characteristic, or situation very clear without the use of words
Ex: his face speaks volume

Question 10

Door-to-door

Answer 10

+from the beginning of a trip to the end
Ex: the trip took 3 days and 2 nights door-to-door
+going from one house or building to the next in order to sell or ask something
Ex: he was a door-to-door salesman for a small company/ a door-to-door campaign will underlie for our big moves in future
-go/sell/campaign door-to-door

Question 11

Rough edges(also be “rough around the edges”)

Answer 11

-work or performance has rough edges, some parts of it could be improved
Ex; such a gift player, but his game lately has rough edges
-A person does not always behave well and politely
Ex: experiences and times have mitigated his rough edges

Question 12

eaves drop

Answer 12

tolistento someone’sprivateconversationwithout themknowing
Ex: I was eavesdropping on what my parents argued about

Question 13

Pull your weight

Answer 13

toworkas hard as otherpeoplein agroup

Ex: During the semester, I’ve seen you weren’t pulling your weight at all

Question 14

Goof around

Answer 14

tospendtimedoing nothingimportantorbehavingin asillyway
Ex: He just spend a whole day Goofing around

Question 15

Clear as mud

Answer 15

Very difficult to understand

Ex: the explanation was as clear as mud

Question 16

Tough nut to crack

Answer 16

a problem that is very difficult to solve or a person who is very difficult to understand
Ex: the problem is a hard nut to crack/ he’s a tough nut

Question 17

Be in sb’s shoes

Answer 17

to be in the situation, usually a bad or difficult situation, that another person is in
Ex: I don’t want to be in his shoes

Question 18

Shedding light

Answer 18

To reveal information or details about something

Ex: the truth about his sexual harassment will shed light

Question 19

Take its toll

Answer 19

it causes suffering, deaths, or damage

Ex: the recession has taken its toll

Question 20

In denial

Answer 20

an unwillingness to accept that something unpleasant is true

Ex: To be frank, he is still in denial after an affair with his wife

Question 21

Crunch time

Answer 21

A point at which sth difficult must be done

Ex: His performance quite of rough edges, I’m worried he still produces in a crunch time

Question 22

Be out of the questions

Answer 22

That area is off-limits, even the president is out of the question also

Question 23

Max out

Answer 23

-Do sth too much
Ex: I was maxed out due to workload/ Open too much tab could make RAM maxed out
-Spend too much money
Ex: Don’t try to max out all the resources right away, cake up, and then use them effectively
Ex:

Question 24

Mind-boggling

Answer 24

difficult to understand or imagine
Ex: When it comes to math, we used to think of a mind-boggling logic in its complexity/ The complexity of politics totally boggle the mind

Question 25

A (whole) host of sth

Answer 25

A very large number of people or things | Ex: A host of sneakers has been allocated around the world

Question 26

At short notice

Answer 26

With little time for preparation | Ex: There's no way you can accomplish IELTS at short notice

Question 27

Bottom out

Answer 27

-stops getting worse or lower, usually before improving again Ex: the crisis started to bottom out/ There was no bottom out after his lost +knock the bottom out: make sth fail suddenly(market, industry) Ex: A turnover in a clutch moment has knocked the bottom of the team

Question 28

Dole out

Answer 28

``` Distribute sth(money, food,etc) Ex: programmed itself to dole out fatigue symptoms accordingly. ```

Question 29

On this/that account

Answer 29

Say sth say that something happens for the reason you have just mentioned. Her father's dead, and on this account her kids turned depressed

Question 30

Reinvent the wheel

Answer 30

Waste time create sth that already exists | Ex: ip13 just reinventing the wheel things that its on previous versions

Question 31

Come into play

Answer 31

Start to happen or have an effect | Ex: When the new rules come into play, most students have to conform to it

Question 32

Worked up

Answer 32

excite, arouse | Ex: Why is he so worked up today/ He got worked up of getting a high score

Question 33

String someone along

Answer 33

To deceive someone that you will help them | Ex: Be careful of his words, maybe he just stringing young along

Question 34

Rule out

Answer 34

Exclude, make sth impossible | Ex: Rain ruled out the picnic/ It easy to be ruled out of the event

Question 35

In place of

Answer 35

Instead of | Ex: Toeic can be used in place of IELTS as a certificate

Question 36

Stumble upon/across

Answer 36

Find or learn sth unexpectedly | Ex: I have to stumble upon in learning to code

Question 37

not be cut out for sth

Answer 37

to not be the right type of person for something | Ex: I'm not cut out for a venture job

Question 38

Double down sth

Answer 38

to continue to do something in an even more determined way than before Ex: Instead of reviewing the mistakes, he just keep doubling down/ The adrenaline rush is doubled us down, especially during deadline

Question 39

Wear off

Answer 39

If a feeling or the effect of something wears off, it gradually disappears Ex: After a couple of hours, the affection started to wear off/ A taste in honeybee never wears off

Question 40

Gut-wrenching(adj)

Answer 40

extremely unpleasant or upsetting. Ex: The movie depicts gut-wrenching moments based on real-life events/ What really gut-wrenching is how he's fighting cancer