Idioms & Old Sayings
One way or another these classic sayings and phrases have made their way through time and culture. See if your trivia crowd thinks this game is "a piece of cake".
15 questions · Published June 1, 2021
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. When apologizing for using profanity, one might say "Pardon my __________."
Pardon is derived from the old French "pardoner" meaning, “to grant or forgive.”
- Multiple Choice
2. If you "burn the candle at both ends", which of these is most likely to be true?
The phrase originally described senseless waste. Candles were the main source of artificial lighting, and expensive. Burning a candle from both ends would use it up twice as quickly without any benefit.
- Multiple Choice
3. You shouldn't assume something will happen, or you could be "counting your chickens before _____________".
- Multiple Choice
4. If there is "an elephant in the room" it means that _____________.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which of these idioms best describes this picture?
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