Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

Câu 1: Elvis rode the same bus route for years. Every week he went                    from San Antonio to Austin.

A. back and forth 

B. by and large

C. fair and square 

D. ins  and outs

Câu 2: George and I had a date for Saturday, but he never came to get me. Now he just told me ______ about thinking that our date was on Sunday.

A. an odds and ends  

B. a right and left   

C. a song and dance      

D. a cock-and- bull story

Câu 3: Calpurina always cleans the house well before her mother visits so that everything is                    .

A. wear and tear 

B. spick-and-span

C. song and dance

D. cock – and - bull

Câu 4:                   , Americans eat a light breakfast. They usually don’t eat a lot of food in the morning.

A. Safe and sound    

B. Odds and ends

C. By and large  

D. Fair and square

Câu 5: We had a lot of business last week. The orders were coming in                        .

A. ins and outs  

B. song and dance

C. wear and tear

D. right and left

Câu 6: I got a 100 on the first test, but that was just                       . I got low scores on all the rest of the test, and I was barely able to pass the course.

A. as sharp as a tack   

B. a flash in the pan  

C. on pins and needles

D. a pot luck

Câu 7: When the candidate saw she couldn’t win the election, she                     and quit  the race.

A. threw in the towel   

B. pan out   

C. sponged off 

D. had a screw loose

Câu 8: Andy is such                       . He never wants to go to parties, and if he does go, he won’t dance.

A. soap opera 

B. bury the hatchet    

C. a wet blanket

D. a flash in the pan

Câu 9: I wasn’t true if I did well on the test. So I was                      when the teacher was giving them back.

A. as sharp as a tack

B. pan out   

C. a potluck

D. on pins and needles

Câu 10: It’s about time Gary got his own apartment. He’s                       us long enough.

A. sponged off   

B. threw in the towel

C. had a screw loose      

D. was on pins and needles

Câu 11: Anna gave her son the job instead of advertising the position. You know,                      .

A. cough up       

B. a bitter pill to swallow  

C. blood is thicker than water  

D. one fly in the oinment

Câu 12: If you                       to do something well, it will often be a success. And you won’t have to take time to do it over, because it will be right the first time.

A. cough up          

B. take pains     

C. give her a taste of her own medicine  

D. have a lot of nerve

Câu 13: We want to buy a house, but there’s just                          . We don’t have enough money for a down payment.

A. one fly in the oinment

B. a bitter pill to swallow

C. get burned       

D. sick and tired 

Câu 14: Our team’s going to win the game. I can                            .

A. cough up   

B. hold my breath 

C. feel it in my bones    

D. take pains

Câu 15: Elmer                      . He got a pay raise three months ago. Now he’s asking for another one.

A. takes pains   

B. gets burned 

C. is sick and tired   

D. has a lot of nerve

Câu 16: Please don’t                         . Just answer my question yes or no.

A. bark up the wrong tree

B. beat around the bush

C. hit the hay        

D. be bushed

Câu 17: I’m                        with this homework assignment. I just don’t know how to do it.

A. up  a tree    

B. through the grapevine  

C. in a nutshell

D. turning over  a new leaf

Câu 18: Everything’s gone badly this week, and today I lost my wallet! I’d better                         and start eating less.

A. nip the habit in the bud

B. be no bed of roses 

C. be bushed    

D. hit the hay

Câu 19: I don’t have time to tell you the whole story now, but                       , Sally’s getting married and moving to New York.

A. through the grapevine

B. up a tree   

C. bed of roses   

D. in a nutshell