Idioms from movement
Choose the idiom that best matches the sentence
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1. Idioms from movement [Multiple choice]
She’s studying to be a doctor like her mother.
(answers one and three are used to describe a physical likeness
here we are talking about career choices)
Answers for Quiz [1].
- 1. She takes after her mother
- 2. She’s following in her mother’s footsteps (correct)
- 3. She’s the image of her mother
2. Idioms from movement [Multiple choice]
Their French is improving at an incredible rate.
(answers 2 and 3 make no sense here)
Answers for Quiz [2].
- 1. they’re coming on in leaps and bounds (correct)
- 2. they’re following in the teacher’s footsteps
- 3. they’re in a vicious circle
3. Idioms from movement [Multiple choice]
This is hopeless! We’re back where we started again!
(the idea is of not making any progress the other two answers don’t suggest this; in fact to leapfrog is the opposite and a vicious circle is a static situation and not necessarily of one’s own making)
Answers for Quiz [3].
- 1. we’re skipping about
- 2. we’re leapfrogging
- 3. we’re going round in circles (correct)
4. Idioms from movement [Multiple choice]
Oh no, here comes Mr Pilger, he’ll talk at us for ages!
(He talks at us rather than to us, which means he doesn’t care if we are listening, there is no focus to what he says. He may go round in circles but that isn’t suggested by the sentence and whether we understand him or not is irrelevant here.)
Answers for Quiz [4].
- 1. He always rambles on. (correct)
- 2. He goes round in circles
- 3. We don’t understand him
5. Idioms from movement [Multiple choice]
That company has beaten all its competitors to become market leader in just 1 year!
(they have made great strides but beating the competition is an important factor, answer 3 is clearly not the case as they have only moved forward and with great momentum!)
Answers for Quiz [5].
- 1. They made great strides!
- 2. They leapfrogged over their competitors (correct)
- 3. They went one step forward and two steps back.