| 1. Money | |
| a) | dough | b) | sour grapes | c) | cheese |
| 2. An enemy | |
| a) | a snake in the grass | b) | a wolf in sheep s clothing | c) | a pigeon |
| 3. Something extra | |
| a) | one s bread and butter | b) | the frosting on the cake | c) | a good egg |
| 4. Someone is over confident | |
| a) | he is on the gravy train | b) | do not count your chickens before they hatch | c) | he cooked his own goose |
| 5. Someone ate too much | |
| a) | she ate like a bird | b) | she ate humble pie | c) | she made a pig of herself |
| 6. To give a false alarm | |
| a) | to rain cats and dogs | b) | to cry wolf | c) | to pig out |
| 7. Who is a bad actor ? | |
| a) | a chowderhead | b) | a ham | c) | a baker s dozen |
| 8. This was a long test. | |
| a) | It was a dark horse. | b) | It was a marathon. | c) | It was a rain check. |
| 9. Shrewd bargaining | |
| a) | a wild goose chase | b) | horse trading | c) | crocodile tears |
| 10. High society | |
| a) | sugar | b) | apple polishing | c) | upper crust | d) |
| 11. Something that's not important | |
| a) | sour grapes | b) | small potatoes | c) | nuts |
| 12. He told a secret. | |
| a) | He burned out. | b) | He had crust. | c) | He spilled the beans. |
| 13. A little money | |
| a) | gravy | b) | chicken feed | c) | crust |
| 14. A profit | |
| a) | the upper crust. | b) | a hot potato | c) | gravy |
| 15. Nothing | |
| a) | a goose egg | b) | the frosting on the cake | c) | nuts |
| 16. Your little brother keeps playing with your computer. | |
| a) | Don t monkey with that. | b) | Don t play chicken | c) | You can t teach an old dog new tricks. |
| 17. A company put garbage in a river. Mrs. Grant told the goverrnment about it. | |
| a) | She ran interference for the company. | b) | She blew the whistle on the company. | c) | She called the signals for the company |
| 18. Worthless | |
| a) | for the birds | b) | straight from the horse s mouth | c) | till the cow s come home |
| 19. Thirteen | |
| a) | duck soup | b) | the salt of the earth | c) | a baker s dozen |
| 20. She was very careful | |
| a) | She took the cake. | b) | She walked on eggs. | c) | She ate humble pie. |
| 21. You don't like something. | |
| a) | It is not my cup of tea. | b) | It is the greatest thing sense sliced bread. | c) | It is duck soup. |
| 22. Who is sensitive? | |
| a) | the one who is crusty | b) | the one who is a tough cookie | c) | the one who is thin-skinned |
| 23. Mr. Burns said some thing that wasn't fair. | |
| a) | He gave a rain check | b) | He hit below the belt | c) | He played by the rules |
| 24. Marilyn is a beginner. | |
| a) | She makes the calls. | b) | She is a rookie. | c) | She is probably in teh starting line up. |
| 25. Marilyn won the election, but several other candidates received almost as many votes as she did. | |
| a) | She won by a mile | b) | She had two strikes against her | c) | She won by a nose. |