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Common Phrases Quiz - 1

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Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the idiomatic phrase in the question. Each question has only one correct answer.

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What's the matter? Cat got your ______?

  • mouth
  • tongue
  • teeth
  • lips

My new car cost me an ______ and a ______.

  • hand, finger
  • arm, leg
  • finger, toe
  • eye, nose

I cut my _____ in the industry by developing databases.

  • nose
  • leg
  • fingers
  • teeth

Take it! Don't look a gift horse in the ______!

  • mouth
  • head
  • chest
  • legs

Eat your _____ out! I won a trip to Hawaii!

  • mouth
  • hand
  • heart
  • knee

It's difficult to succeed with so much cut ______ competition out there.

  • wrist
  • gut
  • teeth
  • throat

Turn that music down! It's _____ splitting.

  • mind
  • brain
  • ear
  • head

It's true! Cross my _____ and hope to die.

  • chest
  • heart
  • fingers
  • legs

Cross your _____ for me today, ok? My audition is at three this afternoon.

  • legs
  • heart
  • fingers
  • toes

Break a ____ in tonight's performance.

  • tooth
  • finger
  • arm
  • leg

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