English Idiomatic Quiz: CAN YOU SCORE 20/20 ON THIS ENGLISH IDIOMS?

CAN YOU SCORE 20/20 ON THIS ENGLISH IDIOMS QUIZ?
An idiom is a fixed expression or phrase that has a figurative meaning that differs from the literal interpretation of its individual words.
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[@shadrachgeorge108]

19/20. Thanks for sharing this quiz on Idioms. Before I take my leave, how are you doing, ma'am?

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job, Shadrach George! 😍👍 Your score was amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@shadrachgeorge108]

@@englishtestsandlogic Thank you, ma'am, how are you?

[@englishtestsandlogic]

@Shadrach, I'm in good fettle. Hope you're doing great?

[@shadrachgeorge108]

@@englishtestsandlogic All good, thanks for asking, ma'am. Stay safe. Cheers!

[@kathygreer2097]

Maybe they threw that one in there so we wouldn’t get too far above ourselves. 😉😊

[@pclark1332]

18 / 20 . Never heard of "The game isn't worth the candle" and I said "cry your heart out" instead of "cry your eyes out". I looked it up and "cry your heart out" is also an expression.

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job, P Clark! 😍👍 Thank you for participating!

[@v.r.2834]

Or “cry your soul out”

[@briangriffin4378]

I'm totally with you. Exact same result.

[@williamlugmayer3429]

I put the match isn't worth the candle, never heard that one before.

[@coleparker]

@@williamlugmayer3429 I had something similar.

[@burleybater]

Yep. 19 out of 20. I only have a small amount of English blood in me, and grew up in Canada. The candle and game thing - was totally new to me. The other 19? Were as common as the day is long. Now there's an idiomatic nod and a wink for you.

[@bettyrouch1833]

Same here. Never heard of game and candle.

[@samuel1121]

I’ve always heard the idiom as it’s a drop in the bucket not ocean,even though I guessed it right

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Thank you for participating! 😍👍

[@annwatkins2674]

19/20 quite pleased with myself, only one I’ve never heard of is number 12

[@karens249]

hi Ann. never heard of 12 either!

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job, Ann Watkins! 😍👍

[@patriciaitalia]

People haven't heard the one about the candle because it is a translation from a French saying. It makes sense, but there are English originals that mean the same thing. Fun, though. Thanks.

[@nadinaforsman6160]

Hello from Sweden, I scored 18 out of 20.

[@Adogslife54]

As others have commented, I never heard number 12 before. So, I got 19/20. And, I thought I was the queen of cliches… I mean idioms!

[@lucillepassmore5417]

Got all right except Six God bless us all

[@thomashunter5707]

19 out 20 not bad

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Fantastic job, Thomas! 😍👍 Keep up the great work.

[@richardmerriam7044]

19/20. Never heard the one about Game/candle. A 'Blue Moon ' is the second full moon during a month. Not really rare but happens.

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Well done, Richard! 😍👍 Thank you so much for taking the quiz!

[@cden409]

19/20

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job, Connie Denise! 😍👍 Thank you for taking the quiz!

[@mrs.sherry]

To pay an arm and leg doesn't just mean it's expensive. It means it cost more than you are willing to pay.

[@maureenolin199]

17/20

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Good job, Maureen! 😍👍

[@steveheywood1]

1. Eyes 2. Tune 3.stomach 4. Blue 5. Town 6. Skin 7. Penny 8. Blank 9. Ball 10. Room 11. Bush 12. Game 13. Insult 14. Arm 15. Ray 16. Sight 17. Benefit 18. Rocket 19. Upper 20. Drop

[@judecitapineda1678]

Heart

[@Mrs.Darcy1000]

My score today is 16/20. Thank you. Ciao.

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Good job, Patrizia! 😍👍 Thank you for participating!

[@Nana-nn7lt]

Got all 20

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Excellent job! 💯😍👍

[@darrellhansen7268]

19/20 Got the candle one wrong. I read alot but never ran into that one.

[@janebush2478]

18/20 I had never heard 2 or 12 before.

[@denisebiely5998]

I knew all except number 12…also I always heard a “drop in a bucket”.

[@karyndekeiser-moulton1213]

Sight

[@NGKiernan]

Yellow pie

[@DMosesRN]

heart

[@Christine84080]

I heard it said Cry your heart out for #1

[@sofia-kxyu]

Ray

[@unspokenbutterfly-1972]

Blue

[@BazzarLazar]

#19 "Stiff Upper Lip" is a AC/DC song ( °~° )

[@judecitapineda1678]

Bush

[@vijayannair2316]

Onxe ina full moon

[@carolg5366]

I guessed “Take a pulse check.”

[@jparry4677]

I’m 72 and never heard of 12 either but otherwise got the all

[@judecitapineda1678]

Penny

[@SkullyTheHypnoSkull]

I got every answer wrong, I just want to cry. KZbin is not safe. KZbin will always make me cry no matter how much they censor it for me.

[@karyndekeiser-moulton1213]

Stomach

[@karyndekeiser-moulton1213]

Drop

[@kerylcooper2314]

I got everyone except for 2 and 12 never heard of them ❤️🧑🏼‍🦳🌵🇺🇸

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job, Keryl Cooper! 😍👍 Thank you for participating! 🙏

[@davidhill500]

GDAY 20/20 TYPICAL AUSSIE..

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job, David! 💯😍👍

[@briangriffin4378]

@pclark 1332 below said my exact thoughts

[@laurieelliott3791]

Music

[@bobblowhard8823]

I got two wrong. DAMN IT ALL TO HELL !

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Good job, Fred! 😍👍

[@RichZFishes]

I'm 77 years old, reasonably well educated, and supported my family by writing for half my adult life, yet I had NEVER heard or read either #2 or #12. Guessed correctly at 2, but was totally befuddled by #12. And FWIW, in the circles I grew up in, 'A drop in the BUCKET" was a far more common usage than a drop in the ocean.

[@kathrynjordan8782]

I grew up with "a drop in the bucket" as well. Never heard of "drop in the ocean" until today.

[@simonline1194]

I got all but number 12 ‘game for the candle’ of which I’d never heard?! Where I come from we don’t say ‘Once in a blue moon’ but ‘Once every Preston Guild’ (Preston Guild is only once every 20 years - next one is 2032)! Simonline 😀👍

[@ybrynecho2368]

@@kathrynjordan8782 I've heard both.

[@nialdean]

A drop on the ocean here , in the uk. We do not use a drop in the bucket, maybe that’s the reason?

[@gaelsomerville5163]

Well no. 2, I think, is more commonly known as 'dancing to [someone else's] tune'.

[@patkewish5066]

Heart

[@kateleblanc604]

heart

[@joannegild8001]

Never heard of # 12 either. I’m 83 years old and a writer, well-educated also.

[@sdigf3167]

I never have either, and I can't find a single person commenting that has heard of it.

[@MrMousley]

I got them all except #1 I've always said ''Cry your heart out'' EDIT .. it would also be interesting to know the origin of each one. For example ..... A Blue Moon is the name that we give to the second full moon within one calender month .. which happens very rarely !

[@kenwintin3014]

You got one wrong. "A penny for your thoughts." Means, "What are you thinking about? or What is on ypur mind?"

[@debbieamaral1315]

I have never heard the game and candle one

[@margotro7728]

I am 60,😊 all but one idiom 12 I’ve never heard that one before.

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Well done! Thank you for participating! 😍🤩👍

[@jimjacobs2817]

Never heard of "The game isn't worth the candle". Interesting expression.

[@ybrynecho2368]

19/20 The one, "The "game" is not worth the candle." This is a very British saying relating to the Catholic religion where they pay to light a candle in church so something they want will happen i.e. their team will win the football match, but they lost anyway. I asked my ex-pat British husband who said it was common over there, but he'd never heard it said here in Canada. 😅

[@rosemarielee7775]

Or this activity is not worth the cost of the candles to light it.

[@ybrynecho2368]

@@rosemarielee7775 No, it's the votive candle thing.

[@AKHWJ3ST]

Never heard it before.

[@terrimilavec5885]

That’s the only one I missed too! I have never seen nor heard of that one!

[@PatriciaR.E.]

18/20, I have never heard ‘The game isn’t worth the candle.’ & my mind went blank on ‘paint the town red.’ I can’t believe I missed that one!🤦‍♀️ It was still an enjoyable quiz. Thank you for the opportunity to learn something new. God bless you & have a blessed day. Love Pat 💓👏💐

[@valerief1231]

I never heard the Game isn’t worth the candle, I can’t even make it make sense! Like the FLAME 🔥 isn’t worth the candle would make total sense lol. Definitely not a saying in the United States

[@PatriciaR.E.]

@@valerief1231 I agree. I really thought I knew all the old idioms, but never this one!! 🤦‍♀️ It’s possible that it’s used in other countries; I don’t know. Have a blessed day. Pat 🙏

[@bettyrouch1833]

Is that only in the UK? The game and candle one is never, ever used in the US.

[@johnawalker9261]

Never heard of the candle one, and I have always thought that “rain check” is American English, especially with that spelling of “cheque”. Apart from that got 19, but then again I am English.

[@SputnikDeb]

19/20. Never heard of the game/candle idiom.

[@rogerleverton2735]

No, never heard the candle/game idiom. Must be a very rare and/or localised saying in my opinion.

[@bettyrouch1833]

This was a very well done video. I don't know where you live, but "the game is not worth the candle" never caught on in the USA, although all the other expressions are very familiar.

[@melstiller8561]

I like it when I learn something new: I hadn't heard of idiomatic expression #12 until today! So, thank you for that --- and for all the other great expressions that have become commonplace. A very enjoyable quiz indeed! 🙏🥰🤓💕💯 🦋🦋👏

[@bettyrouch1833]

Yeah, all the other ones were very familiar, but nobody had ever used "game/candle" in my hearing.

[@andycope5601]

I’m more familiar with “the light is not worth the candle” meaning meaning don’t spend unnecessarily.

[@dayswithdoug4027]

English is my native language. "The game isn't worth the candle" is a French idiom translated into English and I've never heard that from a native speaker. We would simply say, "It's not worth it". One can say "cry your heart out" or "cry your eyes out", "drop in the ocean" or "drop in the bucket". "Dance to someone's tune" is not really used. It's better to say "To be on the same wavelength."

[@daviddublinski2993]

Number 18 should be the juice isn't worth the squeeze. Number 20 should be a drop in the bucket.

[@ksk881]

My score and the question I missed is what almost everyone else is saying. In almost 70 years of living, I've never heard #12. Did ANYONE get that one right?

[@AKHWJ3ST]

Nope.

[@willemvanderroest6215]

I'm Dutch. Missed # 6, put in 'gum' for 'skin' 😢 and # 12, put in nothing, as I had no clue whatsoever! 😫 I liked the explanation of the 'game for the candle;' interesting! Re # 14: in Dutch we'd say: "that cost me a rib out of my body" 🤣 Enjoyed the quiz very much! 😍

[@jimchapman9560]

Where I come from the idiom is cry your heart out. And you dance to someone Else's tune, not just to someone's tune. I have never heard that shortened version.

[@jewgirl952]

#3 should have read Butterflies in MY ____________, not your. And a Penny for your thoughts doesn't mean what you say, but it is said to someone staring off into space, appearing to intently be thinking of something.

[@themadfarmer5207]

Answer.... My thoughts are worth a lot more than a penny😅😅😅

[@evelynugochukwu3908]

I got 19. Thanks for the wonderful quiz 🙏 👍💯💯

[@josefschiltz2192]

19/20. I honestly don't think that "Take a rain check" is really used in the UK. I believe that is more American English - which is why I got caught out with it. I immediately thought of a "blank check" - Do what you like in a given situation.

[@russellprout723]

Rain check is American

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@russellprout723 Thought as much. I had heard it before. Only in American programmes and films. That's why it didn't click with English.

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job! 😍👍

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@englishtestsandlogic Yes, well - ahem - you lot culturally evolved a linguistic distinctiveness that's no longer British Isles!

[@avrilcaulfield7627]

Enjoyed this video Tks for sharing 🌺

[@andywood5699]

Cry your heart out

[@shiralleehaggart72]

8 'Take a rain check' and 12 'The game isn't worth the candle' are the ones that I have never heard before.

[@lesilemccravy5172]

I’ve heard of take a rain check all the time

[@kenrasmussen8806]

An equivalent to #12 would be " the juice is not worth the squeeze "

[@kathrynjordan8782]

18/20. Thanks for sharing this quiz on idioms. Love these quizes.

[@englishtestsandlogic]

Great job, Kathryn! 😍👍 Thank you for taking the quiz!

[@juliemarkham4332]

I missed two that I'd never heard of before today. Thanks!

[@rick43pen]

#12 must be very rare, I've heard all the rest. Sad that these are dropping out of common usage.

[@lesleywhibley]

12 is not one of ours.

[@jeffreywillis4258]

"The game isn't worth the candle"? I'm a 61yr old english major; this is new to me. "The juice isn't worth the squeeze" should replace it. Also #1 can be a few things, "heart" and "soul" come to mind. I guessed "eyes" so I got 19/20. Oh and "I'll take a rain check" COULD be literal. Although not as common today, some stores still offer rain checks.

[@ravenclaw8975]

18/20. I never heard of "the game isn't worth the candle." Oh well, I learned something new today! Thanks.

[@arletteledoyen5839]

The Butterflies were in my "belly". As for the candle, I only knew it in French: le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle. Forgot "rocket", but knew it was something to do with astronomy. I am 78.

[@fabinadsouza9845]

Eyes tune garden/stomach blue town skin penny rain ball zoo/room drum/bush game insult arm ray sight benefit rocket upper drop😊🙏

[@iamme7626]

19/20. I am German...and most was easy, but "the game isnt worth the candle"? Never heard of that. Hmmm learn something new each day I guess

[@reginabridget6783]

too slow!!!

[@jakefromstatefarm1100]

Missed the candle question. Unfortunately not a perfect score. A drop in the BUCKET is the most referenced, but still got that question correct.

[@noldi-fg7bo]

Some are more a litteral translation from french idioms! Une goutte d’eau dans l’océan. Le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle. 😂

[@sublimebeauty1]

19 Q8 is more of an American saying IMO. Q12 never heard of this. Are you sure it’s English?

[@monicajoshi8706]

Got all except the game is not worth the candle - never heard that one before! Thanks for this - I had great fun solving it! Keep them coming !

[@Pucksinwah1]

Simplest test ever - if you speak the King's English. Americans of course do not and therefore would not know the answers

[@birtezwiefelhofer2046]

When I learnt English at school , I was taught to spell endeavour with an 'our' at 😮the end ,and the idiom was ' to beat about-not around- the bush .Maybe the language and its usage have changed

[@themadfarmer5207]

19 /20. Sign of a wasted life. No mention of the " fellow" in the woodpile anymore Could have speeded up a little also

[@ozimi3176]

I have never heard #12, and #2 was phrased differently from what I know.....19/20

[@wendymoney2043]

19/20…The Game + the Candle…never heard of it + it’s definitely not British English!

[@mikemoffitt8645]

Eyes (1) (2) Music (3) Stomach (4) Blue (5) Town

[@iallso1]

Q2 more likely that it would be said that someone dances to their own tune or to the beat of their own drum. IE they do things their own way. I've never heard anyone use it in the way of the question.

[@garthofavalon]

I'm of the older generation and scored 19 out of 20. I've heard them all except one. I have never have I heard the game isn't worth the candle

[@dx42]

"Dance to someone's tune"? I'm a native English speaker, and I've never hear that in my life.

[@msbettyofnewark5812]

18/20... never heard the candle one, and I grew up hearing "bucket" not "ocean"

[@karenbell4145]

I got 18/20. I never heard of #12. I did enjoy this video. Thanks. 💥💢🙂

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

I was pleasantly surprised actually, to learn a new one. I've never heard the game and candle one before. It must be very old.

[@richardherdman2121]

I didn't get any of them correct except #12. But nobody's perfect.

[@ronrice1931]

Evidently "cry your heart out" wasn't well-known enough? Better tell that to Adele.

[@EVABesterwitch]

How dyou play this quiz? Are we supposed to type kn the blanks?? How do we do that??

[@extremeocd1184]

Never heard of "the game isn't worth the candle" so I got 19/20.

[@lynnthompson9062]

I’ve always heard “a spit in the ocean” and “a drop in the bucket”!