The
Idiom Analysis Test
The Idiom Analysis
Test which follows is a beguiler in the infectious and
popular tradition of The Equation Analysis Test. This
time, the answers are common English idiomatic expressions, in which
key words have been replaced by their initial letters.
eg. Congenital Luck: B__ w__ a s____ s___ in o___ m____
= Born with a silver spoon in one's
mouth
1. fortunately: as g__ l__ w__ h__ it
2. make a thorough examination: l__ n__ s__ u__
3. in reverse order: p__ the c__ b__ the h__
4. noncommital: s__ in the b__
5. fate: w__ of f__
6. submit to something unpleasant: s__ the p__
7. just in time: n__ a m__ too s__
8. verbatim; exactly: w__ for w__
9. to make a decision upon one's own authority: t__ the l__ i__ o__
o__ h__
10. the same thing: s__ of o__ and h__ d__ of the o__
11. instant action: n__ s__ s__ t__ d__
12. aggravate; worsen: o__ of the f__ p__ i__ the f__
13. at an advanced age: h__ o__ f__ in the g__
14. submit to personal insults without showing offense: t__ the o__
c__
15. be optimistic: l__ on the b__ s__
16. forget injuries and make peace: b__ the h__
17. be wealthy: l__ o__ the f__ of the l__
18. yield to circumstances over which one has no control: b__ b__
the s__
19. desire: s__ o__ h__ u__
20. to assume charge of: t__ the h__
21. failing: o__ the r__ to r__
22. go to excess: b__ the c__ at b__ e__
23. to hold as truth: t__ it f__ g__
24. imitate: f__ in the w__ o__
25. make a pretense of submitting voluntarily when one has to: m__
a v__ of n__
26. take the part of: p__ i__ a g__ w__ f__
27. favourite: a__ of o__ e__
28. give tacit approval: s__ o__ e__ to
29. change one's old habits t__ o__ a n__ l__
30. be thankful for one's good fortune: b__ o__ s__
31. maintain a position: h__ o__ g__
32. apparently good, but not: r__ at t__ c__
33. a treacherous person: w__ in s__ c__
34. make things harmonious: p__ o__ on t__ w__
35. cause a disturbance: k__ u__ a r__
36. irritate: f__ the f__
37. steadfastly; resolutely: t__ t__ and t__
38. altogether: at o__ f__ s__
39. showing the least possible care for: n__ c__ a s__ for
40. act the tyrant: r__ with a r__ of i__
41. scraps; remnants: o__ and e__
42. the pursuit of something impossible to attain: w__ g__ c__
43. reach a settlement: c__ to an u__
44. to take advantage of disturbance and trouble to gain one s end:
f__ in t__ w__
45. disagreeing: at s__ and s__
46. deport oneself as well as possible: b__ on o__ b__ b__
47. a course of action with no alternatives: H__ c__
48. a fateful day: the i__ of M__
49. final means or effort to escape from an impending evil: l__ r__
50. to be forced to an extremity: be p__ to the w__
51. in some manner: o__ w__ or a__
52. the grimmest scenario?: i__ the w__ c__ to w__
53. go to ruin: g__ to the d__
54. begin writing: t__ u__ the p__
55. examine one very thoroughly: p__ the b__ of
56. explain or interpret: s__ l__ u__
57. a happily married couple: D__ and J__
58. a state of general confusion: b__ in a c__ s__
59. to lose one's life: k__ the b__
60. keep out hunger: k__ the w__ from the d__
61. pass through danger: r__ the g__
62. go to excess: b__ o__ b__ on b__ s__
63. misteaching: b__ l__ the b__
64. portent: b__ of i__ o__
65. disparage: s__ i__ of b__ o__ b__
66. frighten; strike with horror: m__ o__ h__ s__ on e__
67. luxuriously indolent: l__ in the l__ of l__
68. very intimate: h__ and g__
69. not be very friendly with: h__ at a__ l__
70. the first and the last: a__ and o__
71. remember: k__ the m__ a__
72. drop the main subject: f__ o__ at a t__
73. amass money from holding an office: f__ o__ n__
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