Horse idiom quiz

Average rating : Published by JeanMonnet on March 17th, 2014

This interactive multiple choice quiz was created by year 9 pupils of the European section at Jean Monnet secondary school (Ouistreham, France). You can tick as many boxes as you like. Have fun while you learn!

Category : All categories > Sport > Horse-riding

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Question 1

“I eat like a horse” is

Something that you say when you love horse meat

Something that you say when you eat oatmeal for breakfast

Something that you say when you eat a lot of food

Question 2

“Beat a dead horse” means

Waste time doing something that has already been done or attempted

Beat a horse to death

Hit a horse when it’s dead

Question 3

“Bet on the wrong horse” means

Put some money on a lame horse

Make wrong predictions about the future

Support a losing candidate, team or idea

Question 4

“Put the cart before the horse” means

Do things in the right order

The horse is tired and doesn't want to pull the cart

Do things in the wrong order

Question 5

“Horse around” means

Be active in a silly way

Turn around a horse

Ride a horse upside down

Question 6

“Work like a horse” means

Work a lot and efficiently

Someone who likes horses and works in the horse industry

Be a very hard worker

Question 7

“A clothes horse” is

Someone who is dressed up as a horse

A frame of plastic bars used for hanging wet clothes inside the house

Someone who is very fashionable and crazy about new clothes

Question 8

“A dark horse” is

A person (such as a politician) or an animal that competes in a race or other contest and is not expected to win

A black or dark brown horse

A person who has interesting qualities or abilities that most people do not know about

Question 9

”A Trojan horse” is

A malware designed to infect computers

A huge legendary wooden horse with Greek soldiers inside

Someone or something that attacks the group or organization they belong to

Question 10

“Don’t spare the horses!” is

Something that you say to someone in order to tell them to hurry

Something that you say to someone in order to slow them down

Something that riders say to their horse before a competition or a race

Question 11

“Hold your horses!” means

Hold your horse’s reins when it goes too fast

Hold your horse in your arms

“Hold on!” or “Wait!”

Question 12

“A charley horse” is

A horse whose name is Charley

A painful leg cramp

A horse that belongs to someone called Charley

Question 13

“Back the wrong horse” means

Support a person or a thing that fails

Bet on the wrong horse

Go horseback riding

Question 14

“A one-horse-town” is

A town where nobody lives except horses

A town where very little happens

A town where people have a very busy social life

Question 15

“Do horse trade” means

Bargain something in a hard and skillfull way

Buy and sell horses at a horse trade fair

Poorly negociate something

Question 16

“Be on one’s high horses” refers to someone who

Looks down on others and thinks their opinion is right and everyone else is wrong

Rides a tall horse

Is inflexible, arrogant and feels superior to other people

Question 17

“Hear something straight from the horse’s mouth” means

Listen to horses when they neigh

Gossip and spread rumors about someone

Hear something directly from the person who is involved in it

Question 18

“If wishes were horses beggars would ride” means

If you could achieve your aims simply by wishing for them, life would be very easy

If you wish for something or want something, you will get it

I wish I had my own horse

Question 19

“By shank’s mare (= a female horse)" means

On horseback

On foot

By horse cart

Question 20

“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink” means

The horse is not thirsty and won’t drink

You can give water to someone when they are thirsty but can’t force them to drink it

You can give someone the opportunity but can’t force them to do it if they don’t want to

Comments

Fan27fan43220March 19th, 2014Good exercise. I didn't remember or simply know all these typical expressions. Congratulations to the pupils and their teacher !!!

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