Idioms- Fish ESL Worksheet

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ESL Worksheet: Idioms- Fish

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

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.

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