Fruit and Vegetables Idiom Exercise at Auto-English

A Translate the idioms.

Idiom

Translation

An apple a day keeps the doctor away ...........................................................
To go as red as a beetroot ...........................................................
As cool as a cucumber ...........................................................
To know your onions ...........................................................

B Circle the correct answer.

 

1 A: Poor Maggie was so embarrassed.
B: Yeah. She _____________.
A was as cool as a cucumber
B went as red as a beetroot
C really knows her onions
5 A: How much did your new jeans cost you?
B: _____________! I got them in the sales.
A Peanuts
B Onions
C Apples
2 A: Uff! I must stop eating hamburgers. 
B: Just remember. _____________.
A Eat beetroot everyday
B You have to know your onions
C An apple a day keeps the doctor away
6 A: Anne never panics under stress.
B: I know. She _____________.
A is as cool as a cucumber
B knows her onions alright
C turns as red as a beetroot
3 A: I need to ask someone about computers.
B: Ask Javi. He really _____________.
A knows his peanuts
B turns as red as a beetroot
C knows his onions
7 A: So you went to the interview on the wrong day!?
B: It was terrible. I _____________.
A went as red as a beetroot
B know my onions
C am as cool as a cucumber
4 A: When I told her, she wasn't angry at all.
B: Wow. She really is _____________.
A as red as a beetroot
B an onion
C as cool as a cucumber
8 A: Can you recommend a good car mechanic?
B: Yes. Mike. He really _____________.
A is as red as a beetroot
B knows his onions
C is as cool as a cucumber
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