English Idioms Quiz

Off the beaten path. You should also accept track for that one :)

agree with Savage, being English the first thing that comes to mind is track!!

Track. What is this path business? Never heard anyone say off the beaten path. It's off the beaten track.

And here I've only ever heard it as "off the beaten path"! Learn something new every day :)

Yep, it's Track. I've never heard anybody say "off the beaten path".

C'mon...'bat in the belfry' should be accepted.

Never heard track, I always heard path. I live in KY, is this a regional thing? I also have always heard "Any way, shape or how", although "form" makes much more sense.

maybe path is an American thing, as I'm used to path, but I think maybe I've heard track before as well. I feel dumb because i always thought it was brass tax, not tacks... I learn something new every day!

I think in situations like this, with the cultural differences, both sayings should be accepted. "Off the beaten path" is clearly the American version "Off the beaten track." No need to be so exclusionary.

Never heard off the beaten track. It's always been path. Probably just a US/UK thing.

I've always heard path never track.

you should accept moose for horse.

100% with 2:14 left

@ pmac007 I always thought it was brass tax too...I guess it's because I've only ever heard it aloud!

'It never rains but it pours' is the way we usually say that one.

Like every one else in the world, I got 100% on this one.

haha, I also thought it was brass tax, that's what comes from idioms, you never see them written

bat should be accepted for bats

Easy test :-) ofc, I only got the "Burn the candle at both ends" from and old Roald Dahl quote ^_^

Got 'em all with 3:11 left. That was fun!

Easiest puzzle ever. Got 'em all with 2:40 left, & I stink at typing.

Living high on the hog...what does that mean? Got all but that one because I've never heard of it.I'm English so maybe that's why?

I also think that bat should be accepted for bats

We always say 'FLOG a dead horse'

@lottie- I believe the phrase comes from back in the day when meat was more expensive than it is now and not everyone could afford it...the better, thus more expensive cuts of meat are located higher up on the actual animal, so only the wealthy could afford those cuts. Therefore if you were wealthy, you were "living high on the hog". hope that helps explain it!

i've only ever heard "flog a dead horse" too haha

Never heard the brass tacks one.

Please accept "bat" in the belfry. Or "a bat".

JusSpammin and Jezilly - the English idiom is "bats in the belfry" - not bat.

I've always said between a rock and a tough spot. I don't know maybe I am just weird...

I always said "trail," rather than track or path

Ya, flog a dead horse... but not MOOSE for God's sake!