Complete this idiom: Chip on your ___.
Shoulder
Knees
Mouth
Thigh
What do you call an argument between two people?
Quarrel
Quidnunc
Quota
Quilt
What does the phrase "sitting duck" mean?
Decoy
Someone in a vulnerable position
Someone who sits on their porch all day
Someone who always orders fish at a restaurant
Which of these is NOT a possible meaning of the word "chestnut"?
An old joke
A bodybuilder
A type of nut
A color of horse
Feeling queasy is also referred to as feeling:
Nausious
Nauseus
Nauseous
Nousious
Speed signs aren't posted here when someone says "The sky's the ___". What final word will complete the phrase?
Bluest
Cloudiest
Limit
Highest
True or false: Regional dialect in the SAME country can give different names to the same thing.
Complete this idiom: Hoist with your own ___.
Jack
Mistake
Selfishness
Petard
Which word refers to a type of writing paper, usually with matching envelopes?
Complete this idiom: Not what it was ___ up to be.
Dreamed
Thought
Showed
Cracked
Here's the halfway point! What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A metaphor is a more elaborate description of a simile
There is no difference
Simile makes a comparison while a metaphor describes equivalence
A simile is spoken while a metaphor is written
What does "umbrage" mean?
Bright sunshine
Utter confusion
Resentment
Which is NOT an antonym of interesting?
Insipid
Platitudinous
Galvanizing
Monotonous
What does the idiom "hang up one's hat" mean?
To relax for the weekend
To end one's career
To go to sleep
To die
What does a blacksmith work with?
Complete this expression: ___ licking good.
Due to a sheep's lack of manual dexterity, they wouldn't be much use if asked to make a "sheepshank". What is this?
You're almost at the end, I promise. Someone nameless or incognito is referred to as:
Anonomous
Anonimous
Anonymous
Anonamous
Which word refers to a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance?
Pallet
Pellet
Palette
Palate
Here's the final question: in which of these shapes does pure refined sugar normally not come?
Crystals
Lozenges
Lumps
Cubes
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