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Figures of Speech - Around the House

Odds are, many of the subjects of these idioms are around you everyday. How many of them can you remember when it counts?

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Category: Humanities > Linguistics Submitted By: Hrsemn4

Question #1

What household item is featured in an idiom that infers that you have considered every possibility or that you have done all you could?

Toilet
Cabinet
Kitchen sink
Shower curtain

Question #2

According to the idiom, a person who gives unsolicited advice, or criticizes the decisions of others, especially on televised sporting events, will usually be seated where? (Hint: this person may be called a type of "quarterback".)

Armchair
Couch
Toilet seat

Question #3

To catch someone in the act of wrongdoing is to catch them with their "hand in the ________".

Cupboard
Cookie jar
Wall safe
Underwear drawer

Question #4

The hand that "rules the world" does what else around the house?

Cooks the meals
Washes the dishes
Rocks the cradle
Folds the laundry

Question #5

Once you are "out of the frying pan", where do you go next?

Into the fire
Onto the platter
Out of the window
Splattered on the floor; now who's gonna clean that up?

Question #6

Getting paid secretly, illicitly, or to avoid taxes is referred to as being paid ___ _ _____.

Over the counter
Under the table
On the barrelhead
In the toolshed

Question #7

"Cutting a rug" is an idiom referring to redecorating.

True
False

Question #8

Other than getting cleaned up, what does it mean to "take a bath"?

To deny responsibility
To start fresh
To take a large monetary loss

Question #9

When asking someone to pause what they are doing, you may tell them to "hold the _____".

Door
Phone
Light switch
Pickles, onion, and tomato

Question #10

Ever the bane of politicians, a hidden source of shame or embarrassment may be referred to as "a _______ in the closet".

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Figures of Speech - Around the House

Question #1

What household item is featured in an idiom that infers that you have considered every possibility or that you have done all you could?

Question #2

According to the idiom, a person who gives unsolicited advice, or criticizes the decisions of others, especially on televised sporting events, will usually be seated where? (Hint: this person may be called a type of "quarterback".)

Question #3

To catch someone in the act of wrongdoing is to catch them with their "hand in the ________".

Question #4

The hand that "rules the world" does what else around the house?

Question #5

Once you are "out of the frying pan", where do you go next?

Question #6

Getting paid secretly, illicitly, or to avoid taxes is referred to as being paid ___ _ _____.

Question #7

"Cutting a rug" is an idiom referring to redecorating.

Question #8

Other than getting cleaned up, what does it mean to "take a bath"?

Question #9

When asking someone to pause what they are doing, you may tell them to "hold the _____".

Question #10

Ever the bane of politicians, a hidden source of shame or embarrassment may be referred to as "a _______ in the closet".

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Figures of Speech - Around the House

Question #1

What household item is featured in an idiom that infers that you have considered every possibility or that you have done all you could?

Question #2

According to the idiom, a person who gives unsolicited advice, or criticizes the decisions of others, especially on televised sporting events, will usually be seated where? (Hint: this person may be called a type of "quarterback".)

Question #3

To catch someone in the act of wrongdoing is to catch them with their "hand in the ________".

Question #4

The hand that "rules the world" does what else around the house?

Question #5

Once you are "out of the frying pan", where do you go next?

Question #6

Getting paid secretly, illicitly, or to avoid taxes is referred to as being paid _____ ___ _____.

Question #7

"Cutting a rug" is an idiom referring to redecorating.

Question #8

Other than getting cleaned up, what does it mean to "take a bath"?

Question #9

When asking someone to pause what they are doing, you may tell them to "hold the _____".

Question #10

Ever the bane of politicians, a hidden source of shame or embarrassment may be referred to as "a _______ in the closet".

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