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