Understanding Common English Phrases

What does "hit and miss" mean?

• Always good

• Sometimes good, sometimes bad

• Always bad

What does "hit the jackpot" mean?

• To be very lucky or successful

• To find a new friend

• To lose something valuable

What does "for generations" mean?

• For many seconds

• For many years

• For many minutes

What does "keep their distance" mean?

• To be very close friends

• To avoid close contact

• To live together

What does "come and go" mean?

• To arrive and leave frequently

• To never leave

• To stay forever

What does "get the short straw" mean?

• To be unlucky

• To be lucky

• To win a prize

When I make rice, it's always ___ ___ ____ . Sometimes it is nice, sometimes it isn't.

• hot and cold

• up and down

• come and go

• hit and miss

The guests in this hotel don't stay very long. They ____ ____ ____ all the time.

• open and close

• come and go

• show and tell

• push and pull

Don't get too close to the dog - he's dangerous. ____ ____ ____.

• Keep your far

• Keep your near

• Keep your distance

• Keep your way

This university is 400 years old. Students have studied in this university ____ ________.

• for months

• for hours

• for days

• for generations