Can You Complete Phrases That Everyone Should Know? Quiz

Test your knowledge on this language quiz and see if you can complete several of these popular phrases.

The English language has a large number of idiomatic expressions, proverbs, and just generally popular slang words. How well do you know them? In particular, it's good to be able to understand the really common phrases because you hear them come up in everyday conversation all the time especially among English speakers. Many of these sayings are remembered and get repeated in writing, standing the test of time.

Test your knowledge on this language quiz and see if you can complete several of these commonly used phrases.

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Money Jr
· 1mo ago
I got 22 out of 22!
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Try to reduce the number of answers where “hat” is correct.
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· 1mo ago
21/22. Good always the one, not heard of some of these. Dont know which one got away
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21/22. Good but always one that gets away
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· 4mo ago
I got 19 out of 22!
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· 4mo ago
I got 22 out of 22!
I’ve never heard of the last two – must be US English expressions…
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· 4mo ago
18/22 some of them I ain’t never heard of. 👍
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· 4mo ago
20/22 m
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· 4mo ago
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· 4mo ago
I got 22 out of 22!
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There were two phrases I hadn’t heard before, one about a shark and the other about a sledgehammer.
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Suki
· 4mo ago
22/22. I read a lot, all kinds of fiction from all eras. I pick up a lot of language that might not be used everyday.
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· 4mo ago
I did pretty good I got 17/22 right
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· 4mo ago
I got 21 out of 22!
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· 4mo ago
I got 22 out of 22!
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I am a professor of ENGLISH LITERATURE….
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· 4mo ago
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· 5mo ago
I got 21 out of 22!
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This quiz has several dubious questions, with non-idiomatic phrases that I’ve never heard before. Also, one answer choice was used three times.
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I got 18 out of 22!
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· 1y ago
20/22 90%
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· 1y ago
I got 12 out of 22!
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20/22 Never heard of some and been around over 70 yrs.
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· 2y ago
20 / 22 90% Fairly easy, I`ve never heard of a couple of them. Whoever writes these quizzes, how about putting the whole question in the box, instead of having some of the letters missing.
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