Challenge Your Knowledge of Traditional Sayings
Eight tough questions explore the origins and correct usage of well‑known expressions.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
The phrase “spill the beans” most likely originated from which historic practice?
- 2
When someone “bites the dust” they are being described as:
- 3
The expression “to kick the bucket” is believed to have derived from which of the following?
- 4
If a situation is described as “a storm in a teacup”, it means it is:
- 5
The idiom “the proof is in the pudding” actually originates from which longer proverb?
- 6
What does the phrase “to throw someone under the bus” imply?
- 7
The saying “once in a blue…?” is completed with which word, and what does it signify?
- 8
The phrase “to have a chip on one’s shoulder” originally referred to what practice?
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