Can You Complete These 24 Common English Sayings?

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A big part of truly ‘knowing’ a language is being able to recognize some of the unique phrases that might not make sense to people without the same level of experience.

English is full of sayings and phrases that would confuse those who are not familiar with the traditions and culture from which they came.

Are you a truly native speaker? Let’s find out if you can complete these 24 basic sayings!

Let's start off easy:


Curiosity killed the _____

cat
dog
rabbit

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Pass the ____

buck
duck
rock

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Incorrect!

Best thing since sliced _____

cheese
meat
bread

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Not a ____ of decency

spark
glimmer
pinch

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Incorrect!

Monday _____ Quarterback

night
morning
moaning

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Back to the ____ board

white
drawing
sketching

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Incorrect!

Beat ____ the bush

across
around
into

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Incorrect!

Bite ____ more than you can chew

off
on
out

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Incorrect!

Burn the ____ oil

daily
only
midnight

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Incorrect!

Bought the _____

farm
ranch
pony

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Incorrect!

Drastic times call for drastic ____

pleasures
measures
action

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Incorrect!

Every cloud has a _____ lining

soft
silk
silver

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Incorrect!

Fall ___ the wagon

on
onto
off

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Incorrect!

Hit the nail on the ____

wall
spot
head

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Incorrect!

Let sleeping ___ lie

rats
cats
dogs

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Incorrect!

Method to the _____

sadness
craziness
madness

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Incorrect!

Don't give up your ___ job

only
night
day

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Incorrect!

Not _____ with a full deck

betting
gambling
playing

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Jump ____ the bandwagon

with
on
towards

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Incorrect!

Let the ____ out of the bag

rat
bat
cat

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Incorrect!

Pull  ____ over people's eyes

hoods
masks
wool

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Incorrect!

Take it with a grain of  ____

sand
salt
sugar

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Incorrect!

Driving me ___ the wall

off
up
into

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Incorrect!

Plead the ___

allegiance
fifth
first

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Incorrect!

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