'Idioms- Fish' Quiz - Exercise & Worksheet

Printable Worksheet

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

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Q1 - An important person is a ____ fish.

big

cold

Q2 - If you have more important things to do, you have ____ to fry.

big fish

bigger fish

cold fish

red herring

Q3 - Someone who drinks like a fish...

is very thirsty.

has a problem with alcohol.

Q4 - If you are like a fish out of water, you are...

coping well.

struggling in an unfamiliar environment.

unemotional.

Q5 - Something that distracts people is a...

cold fish.

big fish.

red herring.

bigger fish to fry.

Q6 - A strange person is a ____ fish.

kettle of

cold

queer

Q7 - An unemotional person is...

a red herring.

a cold fish.

a kettle of fish.

a big fish.

Q8 - If something is hard to categorize, it is...

a kettle of fish.

neither fish nor fowl.

a red herring.

Q9 - If someone is swimming with the fishes, they are...

very important.

in a strange environment.

dead.

Q10 - If something is fishy, it is...

confusing.

suspicious.