English Slang Quiz

1. "A bad penny always turns up", means?

2. If "a bad penny always turns up", a bad person always a. reappears b. disappears

3. Bad news travels fast If friends tell you that "bad news travels fast", they a. are trying to comfort you b. want to make you cry

4. Charity begins at home The saying "charity begins at home" suggests that a. you should help people in other countries first b. you should help people close to you first

5. "Dead man tells no tales", mean?

6. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" is a recommendation not to go to bed a. late b. early

7. Facts are stubborn things What does the saying "Facts are stubborn things" imply that we should do with facts? a. accept them b. ignore them

8. "Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself", mean?

9. "Handsome is as handsome does"

10. If you believe that "handsome is as handsome does", which of the following would you consider most "handsome"? A man who acts a. foolishly b. selfishly c. generously

11. "Jack of All trades master of none"

12. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"

13. The saying "Least said soonest mended" advises that a disagreement, for example, will be forgotten most quickly if we a. write a letter of apology b. say nothing or very little

14. "Oil and water don't mix"

15. You could say "oil and water don't mix" about two people who a. don't drink b. don't get on together

16. "Talk to the Devil and he is bound to appear"

17. "He teaches ill, who teaches all"

18. According to the saying "he teaches ill, who teaches all", a good teacher a. teaches as much as possible b. doesn't teach everything

19. "Man does not lived by bread alone"

20. If you are "once bitten, twice shy", you a. have learned from a mistake b. haven't learned from a mistake

21. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" usually means that a. people who behold tend to be more beautiful b. what one person thinks is beautiful, another may think is ugly

22. "The best things in life are free" is a saying suggesting that a. the best thing of all is freedom b. money cannot buy life's best things

23. "You must learn to walk before you can run"

24. "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"

25. You might say "the darkest hour is always before dawn" to a friend a. going through a bad patch b. who has just lost their car keys