Complete this idiom: Chip on your ___.
Mouth
Thigh
Shoulder
Knees
What do you call an argument between two people?
Quilt
Quidnunc
Quarrel
Quota
What does the phrase "sitting duck" mean?
Someone in a vulnerable position
Someone who sits on their porch all day
Someone who always orders fish at a restaurant
Decoy
Which of these is NOT a possible meaning of the word "chestnut"?
An old joke
A color of horse
A type of nut
A bodybuilder
Feeling queasy is also referred to as feeling:
Nauseus
Nausious
Nousious
Nauseous
Speed signs aren't posted here when someone says "The sky's the ___". What final word will complete the phrase?
Highest
Limit
Cloudiest
Bluest
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.
Showed
Cracked
Dreamed
Thought
Here's the halfway point! What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
There is no difference
Simile makes a comparison while a metaphor describes equivalence
A simile is spoken while a metaphor is written
A metaphor is a more elaborate description of a simile
What does "umbrage" mean?
Utter confusion
Bright sunshine
Resentment
Which is NOT an antonym of interesting?
Galvanizing
Platitudinous
Insipid
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:
Anonimous
Anonymous
Anonomous
Anonamous
Which word refers to a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance?
Palette
Pellet
Pallet
Palate
Here's the final question: in which of these shapes does pure refined sugar normally not come?
Cubes
Crystals
Lozenges
Lumps
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