Olympiad Test Level 1: Idioms- 2 - Class 6 MCQ

You use hard-boiled to describe someone who is tough and does not show much emotion. She's hard-boiled, tough, and funny.

End in failure: If you fall on your sword, you accept the consequences of an unsuccessful or wrong action. The organizer of the referendum resigned when the poor results were announced. It was said that he' fell on his sword'.

An apple of discord means the foundation, root or core of a quarrel or a small issue that could lead to a bigger argument.

Go hot & cold: A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause. Panic attacks can be very frightening. When panic attacks occur, you might think you're losing control, having a heart attack or even dying.

Something that you say which means a situation is very bad (often + when) Things have come to a pretty pass when old people are dying of hypothermia because they can't afford to heat their homes.

Follow a course of action in which one is isolated or in which one can act independently.

Kick the bucket: (to die) someone kicked the bucket means someone is dead

At the eleventh hour​: "It means that the last possible moment for doing something" E.g. He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.

Hot potato: Speak of an issue (mostly current) which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed.

On the ball: When someone understands the situation well.