Halloween is near!
Therefore, today’s topic are Halloween themed idioms.
There are a lot of idioms to do with blood, weapons and skeletons etc in the English language!
Are you brave enough to try my Halloween idioms quiz?
Halloween Themed Idioms Quiz
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Question 1
Halloween quiz!
To make one’s hair stand on end:
A
To be really cold
B
To scare / terrify someone
C
To be happy
Question 1 Explanation:
The cruelty with which these animals were treated made my hair stand on end.
Question 2
Halloween quiz!
To stab someone in the back:
A
To betray someone
B
To scare someone
C
To be jealous of someone
Question 2 Explanation:
The headmaster decided to give Rick a second chance after he was nearly expelled from school. But he stabbed him in the back by stealing lots of valuables from the school lockers.
Question 3
Halloween quiz!
To make someone's blood boil:
A
To scare someone
B
Sweating a lot from the heat
C
To make someone really angry
Question 3 Explanation:
It made Tom's blood boil that Jefferson had been made a supervisor before he was, because Tom had been with the company much longer.
Question 4
Halloween quiz!
Make the blood run cold:
A
To be very cold, freezing
B
To get really scared
C
A great shock
Question 4 Explanation:
Yesterday's horror film on the telly really scared me. Some scenes made my blood run cold.
Question 5
Halloween quiz!
Skeleton in the cupboard / closet:
A
An empty cupboard
B
Having nothing to wear
C
A scandal that is kept secret
Question 5 Explanation:
Mr Wood was not allowed to join the police when they found out he had a skeleton in the cupboard - 5 years ago, he had served time in jail.
Question 6
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Put / stick the knife in:
A
To say something unpleasant in an unkind, blunt way
B
To taunt someone
C
To disagree with someone
Question 6 Explanation:
The food critic really stuck the knife in when he told the chef his food was inedible.
Question 7
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Like a bat out of hell:
A
Really fast
B
Really scared
C
Really angry
Question 7 Explanation:
After it got dark, John ran as fast as a bat out of hell out of the forest and towards the brightly lit house.
Question 8
Halloween quiz!
Shaking like a leaf:
A
Dancing madly
B
To shake / tremble a lot from fear / nervousness / the cold
C
To get really angry
Question 8 Explanation:
Angela just stood there, rooted to the spot and shaking like a leaf. She was so frightened by what she had just witnessed.
Question 9
Halloween quiz!
To dig one's own grave:
A
To do something stupid or unwise which will cause you trouble or failure in the future
B
To be terminally ill
C
To do something irrational
Question 9 Explanation:
Hank wondered if McKenzie was digging her own grave when he found out she had lied about her work experience on her CV, to get a job she really wanted.
Question 10
Halloween quiz!
To be mad as a hatter:
A
Completely insane / crazy
B
Very angry
C
Vengeful
Question 10 Explanation:
Don't believe a word he says - he's as mad as a hatter!
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