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Can you correctly spot the often-mispronounced sayings?
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Question 1 of 15
If somebody is being blamed for something, what are they?
An escape goat
An escaped goat
A scapegoat
Question 2 of 15
Which is the correct phrase?
To all intensive purposes
To all intents and purposes
To all infectious porpoises
Question 3 of 15
When you have a drink before dinner to make yourself hungrier, what are you doing?
Whetting your appetite
Wetting your appetite
Weathering your appetite
Question 4 of 15
When someone gets what's coming to them, what are they having?
Their just deserves
Their just deserts
Their just desserts
Question 5 of 15
A person who cheats at cards to win money is known as a...?
Card shark
Card sharp
Card shape
Question 6 of 15
Which is the correct phrase?
Curve your enthusiasm
Curl your enthusiasm
Curb your enthusiasm
Question 7 of 15
If you put yourself down a lot, what are you?
Self-depressing
Self-deprecating
Self-depreciating
Question 8 of 15
What is the correct phrase?
Damp squid
Damp squib
Damp squint
Damp squiggle
Question 9 of 15
What's the correct phrase?
You've got another thing coming
You've got another think coming
You've got another fink coming
Question 10 of 15
If you're being worked hard, what are you?
Under the yolk
Under the yoke
Question 11 of 15
Which is the correct phrase?
Sleek of hand
Sleigh of hand
Slight of hand
Sleight of hand
Question 12 of 15
If you're waiting for something, what are you doing?
Biding your time
Biting your time
Boiling your time
Question 13 of 15
Which is the correct phrase?
On tenderhooks
On tenterhooks
One tent, her hooks
Question 14 of 15
Which is the correct phrase?
Be Pacific
Be specific
Question 15 of 15
If you're waiting impatiently for something, what are you likely to have?
Bated breath
Baited breath
Baked breath
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1
If somebody is being blamed for something, what are they?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: A scapegoat
'Scapegoat' is a Biblical term for a goat allowed to go free, carrying with it sins and impurities.
2
Which is the correct phrase?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: To all intents and purposes
3
When you have a drink before dinner to make yourself hungrier, what are you doing?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Whetting your appetite
4
When someone gets what's coming to them, what are they having?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Their just desserts
The word 'desserts' here is nothing to do with pudding, it's an old word meaning 'what someone deserves'.
5
A person who cheats at cards to win money is known as a...?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Card sharp
A lot of people use 'card shark', but it's wrong: 'card sharp' is a 17th-century phrase for a cheat.
6
Which is the correct phrase?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Curb your enthusiasm
7
If you put yourself down a lot, what are you?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Self-deprecating
8
What is the correct phrase?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Damp squib
9
What's the correct phrase?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: You've got another think coming
'Think' is the correct phrase - although Judas Priest famously got it wrong in their song You've Got Another Thing Coming.
10
If you're being worked hard, what are you?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Under the yoke
Yoke is a word for a harness.
11
Which is the correct phrase?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Sleight of hand
'Sleight' comes from an old Norse word meaning to use dexterity to deceive.
12
If you're waiting for something, what are you doing?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Biding your time
'Bide' is an old English word meaning to wait.
13
Which is the correct phrase?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: On tenterhooks
'Tenterhooks' are hooks used in cloth-making.
14
Which is the correct phrase?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Be specific
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If you're waiting impatiently for something, what are you likely to have?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Bated breath
'Bated' is a slightly archaic phrase from 'abated', meaning you are holding your breath.
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