IDIOMS

Question 1

Pull the strings

Answer 1

Secretly control someone’s actions

Question 2

Movers and shakers

Answer 2

Powerful and influential people

Question 3

At someone’s beck and call

Answer 3

Always ready to work for someone

Question 4

Friends in high places

Answer 4

Powerful and influential friends

Question 5

Put in a good word

Answer 5

Recommend someone

Question 6

Twist (my) arm

Answer 6

Force/pressure someone into doing something

Question 7

Twist (my) arm

Answer 7

Force/pressure someone into doing something

Question 8

Get the upper hand

Answer 8

Have an advantage

Question 9

Throw (his) weight around

Answer 9

Use position to get what you want

Question 10

Lay down the law

Answer 10

Set the rules and expectations

Question 11

Call the shots

Answer 11

Be in charge

Question 12

Carry a lot of weight

Answer 12

Be serious and important

Question 13

Pass the buck

Answer 13

To blame someone or make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with

Question 14

If you like

Answer 14

My words are up for debate

Question 15

Keep the ball rolling

Answer 15

To maintain the progress of some activity

Question 16

Have (someone’s) back

Answer 16

To support someone

Question 17

Handle it the best

Answer 17

Deal with a difficult situation

Question 18

When i want your opinion, i’ll give it to you

Answer 18

When i want your opinion, i’ll ask for it

Question 19

Being in bits

Answer 19

Being extremely saf

Question 20

Bored out of my mind

Answer 20

Bored to death

Question 21

Have (somebody) in stitches

Answer 21

Make somebody laugh uncontrollably

Question 22

Crawl into/out of bed

Answer 22

To get into or out of bed slowly because you are very tired

Question 23

Burst into tears

Answer 23

To suddenly start to cry

Question 24

At short notice

Answer 24

Without warning

Question 25

For better or worse

Answer 25

If you do something for better of (for) worse, you accept the bad results of the actions as well as the good ones

Question 26

Survive on (my) wits

Answer 26

Using your instinct or intelligence to survive

Question 27

Go for a dip

Answer 27

Quick swim

Question 28

Feeling peckish

Answer 28

Feeling slightly hungry

Question 29

Factor in

Answer 29

Add into consideration

Question 30

In a jam

Answer 30

In trouble

Question 31

Spanner in the work

Answer 31

Prevent something from happening smoothly in the way that it was planned, by causing a problem or difficulty

Question 32

Catch someone on the hop

Answer 32

To do something when someone is not ready for it

Question 33

Being off the rails

Answer 33

Being against the usual/being crazy

Question 34

Being up the creek

Answer 34

Being in a difficult situation

Question 35

On the blink

Answer 35

Broken/when a machine is not working correctly

Question 36

In the blink of an eye

Answer 36

Extremely quickly

Question 37

At a discount

Answer 37

Below the nominal price/cheaper

Question 38

At first sight

Answer 38

From an initial impression

Question 39

By heart

Answer 39

From memory

Question 40

In advance

Answer 40

Before a particular time, or before doing a particular thing

Question 41

At a loss

Answer 41

Uncertain about what to think, say or do

Question 42

At last

Answer 42

Finally, after much delay

Question 43

By no means

Answer 43

Not at all, certainly not

Question 44

At a pinch

Answer 44

If absolutely necessary; it will do…

Question 45

At most

Answer 45

No more than…

Question 46

By sight

Answer 46

By appearance

Question 47

At a profit

Answer 47

Gaining financially

Question 48

Out of the blue

Answer 48

Out of nowhere

Question 49

At random

Answer 49

In arbitrary way (a caso)

Question 50

In a hurry

Answer 50

In a rushed manner

Question 51

In vain

Answer 51

Without success or results

Question 52

Out of work

Answer 52

Jobless

Question 53

Hold the fort

Answer 53

Take responsibility for a situation while another person is temporarily absent

Question 54

Twist someone around your little finger

Answer 54

To be able to persuade someone to do anything you want, because they like you so much

Question 55

Have someone eating out of the palm of your hand

Answer 55

To make someone do or think what you want

Question 56

Take a tough line

Answer 56

To be very severe

Question 57

Wear the trousers

Answer 57

Be the dominant partner in a relationship

Question 58

Pull a few strings

Answer 58

To use your influence over important people to get something

Question 59

Launch into oblivion

Answer 59

Launch into nothingness

Question 60

To pull someone’s leg

Answer 60

Try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke