Delicious Diction - Food Idioms Quiz

What does the phrase "the icing on the cake" mean?

• To add something extra
• To make something worse
• To make something better
• To make something easier

What does the phrase "a piece of cake" mean?

• Something tasty
• Something tough
• Something easy
• Something difficult

What does the phrase "a hard nut to crack" mean?

• Something easy to break
• Something difficult to break
• Something easy to understand
• Something difficult to understand

What does it mean when you sugarcoat something?

• You add sugar to something
• You make something look better
• You make something nicer
• You make something bigger

What does the phrase "spill the beans" mean?

• To gossip
• To tell a joke
• To make a mess
• To reveal a secret

A "couch potato" is a person who takes little or no exercise. A lazy and inactive person.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What does the phrase "walk on eggshells" mean?

• To be very careful
• To move quickly
• To be very quiet
• To take a long walk

What does the phrase "in a nutshell" mean?

• To be objective
• To be brief
• To be concise
• To be exact

What does the phrase "cry over spilt milk" mean?

• To express joy
• To be overly emotional
• To laugh uncontrollably
• To regret a past mistake

What does the phrase "like two peas in a pod" mean?

• To be very similar
• To be very different
• To be in agreement
• To be in disagreement