Question 1

Who would get the "Red carpet treatment"?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Answer

A panhandler

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Mr. Watts

Answer

<P>Dwait</P>

Question 2

Read between the lines:  “Deep down, he’s really a good kid, I am so sorry about all this”

Accepted Answer

He is a lot of trouble.

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He is just OK as a person that's why we said deep down.

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He is actually a really great person.

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He is a really deep person.

Question 3

Translate : "I wash my hands of this"

Accepted Answer

This is not my problem

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You have your own issues

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My hands are so dirty

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This problem is stuck in my hands

Question 4

Which sentence is a good use of "reinventing the wheel"

Accepted Answer

The film doesn't reinvent the wheel for action films, but it adds enough clever twists on the genre to still feel fresh and new.

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The wheel reinventor came up with lots of ideas other people had already tried.

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The boy reinvented the wheel and now it rolls like brand new.

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The lady who reinvented the wheel was the first to use bent metal to hold paper together.

Question 5

Hard-headed

Accepted Answer

stubborn

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difficult

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awkward

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annoying

Question 6

The "jury is still out" means...

Accepted Answer

undecided

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they are not back yet

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the jury can't decide

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a bad decision is about to be made

Question 7

Which issue is a "hot potato"

Accepted Answer

reforming an education system

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electing a mayor

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choosing which style of potato to eat

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planning a holiday

Question 8

Translate "A penny for your thoughts"

Accepted Answer

What are you thinking?

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I'll swap your ideas for money.

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You are not so smart.

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Your ideas are cheap.

Question 9

When would you use "Back to the drawing board"

Accepted Answer

When your Lego bridge breaks as you walk across it.

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When you are facing the drawing board and then turn around

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When you make a plan but don't try it.

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When you left your pencil on the drawing board

Question 10

Barking up the wrong tree means you are looking in the wrong place.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 11

Which thing here would be the best thing since sliced bread

Accepted Answer

a translation device that connects to the brain

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a special diet

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a new kind of super weapon (think Deathstar)

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re-sliced bread slicer

Question 12

If you "heard it on the grapevine" you heard some news from the TV

Accepted Answer

false

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true

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