1. What you have is worth more than what you might have later.
   What you have isn’t as worth as what you might have later.
2. The money you save today you can spend later.
   The worst possible situation

If you tell someone that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, what you’re basically telling them is that what you have is worth more than what you might have later. So, if you have something good going for you but are hesitant, think about it twice. You might end up losing everything if you don’t appreciate it now.

1. Breaking the ice
   Adding insult to the injury
2. Biting more off than you can chew
   Hanging in there

If you’re making an already bad enough situation even worse, then you are actively adding insult to the injury. This expression comes from the fables of Phaedrus in the first century, when the bald man tried to kill a fly that landed on his head but ended up hitting his own head and missing the target.

1. No
   Yes
2. Barely
   None of the above

When using the expression “by the skin of one’s teeth,” what you’re saying is that you just barely made it. The phrase originates from the Book of Job, where he is subjected to horrible trials presented by Satan only to be relieved by God.

1. Because they fail
   Because they meet expectations
2. Because they don’t happen
   Because they destroy things

If you cut the mustard, you succeed and meet expectations. It is believed that the phrase derives from the relation to the pungency of the spice mustard as a superlative or as something that adds zest to a situation.

1. Fighting
   Competing
2. Equal
   Unequal

If two opponents or competitors are level pegging, that only implies that they are equal with each other. Back in the day when darts were played in public houses, players used pegs in an old cribbage board to keep score. Once the scores were equal, then the pegs were level and the idiom "level pegging" was born.

1. Go boxing
   Go fight someone
2. Go repeat the same action over and over again
   Go to sleep

If you’re about to hit the sack, get your pillow ready because you’re about to go snooze. People used to sleep on a cloth sack stuffed with hay in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Before they went to bed, they would actually ‘hit the hay’ to make the “mattress” comfier and ensure there were no bugs. Hence the expression, "hit the sack," was born.

1. Miserable because you just got fired!
   Relieved because you’re not being held responsible for something
2. Anxious because you’re responsible for something
   Fantastic because you just got a promotion

If your boss lets you off the hook, then congrats, you have a great boss! Your boss literally is not holding you responsible for something that happened (and that you may or may not have been involved with, which doesn’t matter because it’s no longer a worry!).

1. Pull someone’s leg
   Speak of the devil
2. Pull the last straw
   Pull yourself together

If you’re freaking out and need to calm down once and for all, then you need to pull yourself together for good. Think about it. If you’re freaking out, crying, hyperventilating and all over the place, then you just need to slowly change each aspect and put yourself together into a more serene state.

1. You have the best of both worlds
   Time flies when you’re having fun
2. You get bent out of shape
   You’re under the weather

When time flies when you’re having fun, you don’t notice how long something lasts. In the 19th century, Shakespeare used a similar phrase, “the swiftest hours, as they flew,” and so did Alexander Pope, when he said, “swift fly the years.”

1. Great
   Sick
2. Tanned
   Skinny

If you’re feeling under the weather, then you’re not feeling your best, more like sick instead. Back in the day, when a sailor was unwell, he would be sent below deck and away from the weather to recover.

1. Time is money.
   You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs.
2. When it rains it pours.
   We see eye to eye.

If your buddies are about to do something and don’t ask what they’re supposed to give in return, you would likely tell them that they can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs. So, basically, you’re telling them that there is always a cost involved when doing that something and that they should think twice before knowing all the details.

1. When they’re about to cook a bitter meal
   When they’re going through some rough times
2. When you agree with them
   When someone is trying to get their way but needs to be nice about it

If someone wants something badly and can only get it by being nice, you would let them know that they can catch more flies with honey (being nice) than they can with vinegar (being rude or bitter). Plain and simple, you can always win more people to your side more easily by gentle persuasion rather than by being hostile and fighting them.

1. Well begun is half done.
   You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
2. Through thick and thin
   There are clouds on the horizon.

If you’re trying and trying and cannot get through to a person, then you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. This metaphoric term goes back to the12th century and was in John Heywood's proverb collection of 1546.

1. Getting a good start
   Working quickly
2. Agreeing to something
   Going through rough times

You weather the storm when you’re going through rough times. This means you are enduring a challenging time while it passes and you remain unharmed. The expression is believed to allude to a ship sailing safely through bad weather.

1. To waste time here and there
   Something needs to be done by more than just one person.
2. Deal with a problem when it becomes necessary, not before.
   Waste time here and there

If you don’t have all the details, why stress about it? To cross a bridge when you come to it implies that you will deal with a problem if and when it comes necessary to do so, but not before.

1. When you’re implying success comes from sticking together
   When everything is going wrong at once
2. When people criticize each other
   When you should work alone

A house divided can’t stand is an idiom used to imply that failure is certain if those on the same side continue to argue without coming to an agreement. This phrase goes way back to a verse in the Bible found in Mark 3:25 and was popularized in a 1858 speech by Abraham Lincoln.

1. Suffer an accident
   Die in a violent way
2. Escape from death
   Live vicariously

“Bought the farm” is an idiom that originated in the U.S. in the 20th century. It is used to imply the death of someone, especially a violent one that may give rise to an insurance claim.

1. A political conversation
   A geographical conversation
2. A euphemism for sex
   None of the above

“Discussing Uganda” is a euphemism for sex. After all, the two people were all over each other and left together, so it’s likely it wasn’t to converse about anything in specific. This idiom originated in Britain in the 1970s and was popularized in Private Eye, a satirical magazine.

1. The best choice
   A forced choice
2. Not a choice at all
   A choice related to food

If you got Hobson’s choice, then the choice was forced upon you without much say or input in it. This British idiom origin the 17th century and derives from Thomas Hobson, a stable owner who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest to the door or taking no horse at all.

1. Impregnate more cows through artificial insemination
   Kill the cows
2. Let the cows go
   Feed the cows more so they grow bigger

The bull in the bowler hat is a humorous term that makes reference to artificial insemination. It is mainly a British idiom and makes reference to an actual hat, which was created for Edward Coke, who was the younger brother of the second Earl of Leicester in 1849.

1. Someone gullible
   Someone sceptic
2. Someone whose name is Thomas
   Someone who is unaware

A doubting Thomas makes reference to a sceptic person who doesn’t accept a widely believed truth until seeing the evidence for himself. This idiom originates from the Biblical story of Thomas, the apostle who doubted the resurrection of Jesus.

1. An act of God
   Come hell or high water
2. Snowed under
   A thorn in one’s flesh

A thorn in one’s flesh is an idiom often used to make reference to an annoyance that is persistent and difficult to ignore. The idiom originates from Britain and is related to the fact that, like the thorn of a rose (or anything else, really), something that annoys you or bothers you would be hard to ignore.

1. Improving and heading for success
   Deteriorating and headed for complete disaster
2. Heading somewhere warm
   Heading somewhere cold

If you’re going to hell in a handbasket, congrats, you got a VIP seat reserved to absolute disaster! This American idiom dates back to the 19th century and was used when making reference to a situation that was deteriorating or headed for complete disaster, like that of the Titanic.

1. You have a broken ankle.
   You are determined.
2. You are overreacting.
   You are crying.

If you are hell bent, you are determined to achieve something at all costs. It is an American idiom that dates back to the 18th century and is used worldwide, though it’s more common in the U.S. than it is anywhere else.

1. You’re having a hard time concentrating.
   You are all over the place.
2. You barely earn enough money.
   You are in a bad relationship.

If you can barely keep body and soul together, you’re implying that you barely make enough money to keep yourself alive. It is an idiom that originates from the 17th century in Britain and is commonly used worldwide to refer to someone who’s struggling to just make it.

1. You are no saint.
   You are in limbo.
2. You are on a wing and a prayer.
   You are playing devil’s advocate.

If you are in a bad situation and relying on luck to get out of it, you are on a wing and a prayer, hoping for the best outcome possible.

1. Part of the God Squad
   Part of the Vatican roulette
2. No saint
   Good Samaritan

If you’re an enthusiastic Christian believer, then more likely than not you are part of the God Squad. It is an idiom used worldwide that originated in the U.S. in the 1960s to refer to Christian fanatics and followers.

1. A person doesn’t like money.
   A person who works hard for money
2. A person is likely to lose his or her money.
   A person who earns money easily

A fool and his money are soon parted makes reference to a foolish person who is likely to lose money. The idiom is used worldwide, although it originated in Britain in the 16th century when it was expressed in rhyme by Thomas Tusser in Five Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie in 1573.

1. It’s nonsense.
   It’s brilliant.
2. It’s the best example.
   It’s the worst example.

A load of cobblers is an idiom used to imply that something being said is just absolute nonsense. This idiom is especially used in the U.K. and it’s slang, borderline swearing, so don’t use it around grandma.

1. You are innocent and gullible.
   You are unaware.
2. You are forgetful due to lack of sleep when caring for a baby.
   None of the above

If you got a baby brain, you are experiencing confusion or forgetfulness caused by lack of sleep when you are caring for a newborn. This in an American idiom used in the 20th century and it’s a term used to describe the idea that pregnancy or early motherhood can impact a woman's memory and ability to think.

1. A perfectionist
   A slob
2. An old-fashioned person
   A person who stinks

A fuddy-duddy makes reference to an old-fashioned and foolish type of person. Do you need to iron your coat? No, not really, but if that’s your style, go for it!

1. Someone who lacks intelligence
   Someone who doesn’t have money
2. Someone who is very smart
   Someone who has a lot of money

Someone who’s not playing with a full deck makes reference to someone who lacks intelligence. Not playing with a full deck is one of many phrases that emerged in the U.S. during the 1980s to describe someone “missing something upstairs."

1. He’s cool.
   He’s weird.
2. He’s an amazing performer.
   He’s crazy.

Someone who’s off his rocker is someone who is crazy or out of his mind. It is a more common idiom used in Britain and originated in the 1890s to refer to a person who would do something crazy or out of the norm.

1. Very early in the morning
   In the afternoon
2. In the evening
   Very late in the night

If you’re doing something at stupid-o’clock, then you’re doing something at a ridiculous early hour in the morning. Young British adults are the users of this phrase, which originated in the 20th century as slang to talk about something being done early in the morning.

1. Old people
   Adults
2. Teenagers
   Small children

Ankle biters is an idiom that makes reference to a slang term for small children. It makes reference to children so small that they can only reach a person's ankles. The term emerged around the 1950s.