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Every language has its own unique collection of different wise sayings. Most of them offer good advice, but some are for humor. The combination of words can have figurative or literal meanings, and sometimes it can be hard to understand what they actually mean. This is a quiz that will test your knowledge of popular idioms said across the English language. Can you get them all right?
Do You Know These Idioms?
A penny saved is a penny __________.
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This proverb is attributed to Benjamin Franklin a lot of the time.
If you can't take the heat, get out of the __________.
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This one should have been easy. Crematorium? Come on!
Distance makes the heart grow __________.
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I sure hope it doesn't make the heart grow colder.
Out of sight, out of __________.
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"Out of sight, out of vision," would be a little bit redundant don't you think?
Patience is a __________.
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The right answer is virtue, but sometimes fiend can work too.
You made your bed, now __________ in it.
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Brevity is the soul of ___________.
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The right answer is wit. The whole point is that you should be concise if you really want to be funny.
Home is where the __________.
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You can't live on __________ alone.
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Speak for yourself, I love me some good bread.
A watched pot never __________.
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Time goes faster when you're having fun, so instead of watching the pot... do something fun and it will boil faster! Right?
Having __________ in the hole.
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An ace is the highest card in poker, so having one in the hole is pretty good.
Something done immediately is done at the drop of __________.
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Dropping a hat was sometimes used as a signal to start a race!
Took too much responsibility? __________ more than you can chew!
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Biting off more than you can chew isn't a good idea... so don't do it.
If you escape disaster, you escape by the __________ of your teeth.
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Talking too much? You're just chewing the __________.
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Chewing the scenery is a completely different phrase.
Giving someone the cold __________.
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A cold eyebrow doesn't sound great either.
Get off the couch! You're such a couch __________.
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The word "potato" does have a weird way of sounding lazy.
Nobody wants to talk about the __________ in the room.
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Everyone avoids it!
You heard a secret through the __________.
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Through the grapevine!
You did that perfectly! Really hit the __________ on the head.
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Nailed it!
Gotta go! Time to __________ the road.
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And don'tcha come back no more no more no more no more!
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