Challenge Your Knowledge of Traditional Sayings

Eight tough questions explore the origins and correct usage of well‑known expressions.

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

  1. 1

    The phrase “spill the beans” most likely originated from which historic practice?

    Question 1
  2. 2

    When someone “bites the dust” they are being described as:

    Question 2
  3. 3

    The expression “to kick the bucket” is believed to have derived from which of the following?

    Question 3
  4. 4

    If a situation is described as “a storm in a teacup”, it means it is:

    Question 4
  5. 5

    The idiom “the proof is in the pudding” actually originates from which longer proverb?

    Question 5
  6. 6

    What does the phrase “to throw someone under the bus” imply?

    Question 6
  7. 7

    The saying “once in a blue…?” is completed with which word, and what does it signify?

    Question 7
  8. 8

    The phrase “to have a chip on one’s shoulder” originally referred to what practice?

    Question 8

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