Friends idioms test

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1.What does Phoebe call ‘Mother Nature’
in the following episode (Season 7,
episode 12)?

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2. What meaning is implied in the
phrase ‘the apple of my eye’ used in the
following episode (Season 6, episode 5)?
a) positive;
b) negative;
c) neutral.

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3. In the following episode Phoebe
refers to Frank as ‘half-brother’. What
does it mean? (Season 3, episode 5)
a) that he is her cousin;
b) that they are related through one
parent only;
c) that he isn’t a very good brother.

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4. In this episode Erica says that twins run
in her family. What does she mean by
that? (Season 10, episode 17)
a) that all the twins in her family are keen
on running;
b) that twins are often born in her family;
c) that her family adopted twins once.

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5. What does Monica’s dad mean by
Uncle Sam in this episode?
(Season 3, episode 1)
a) the USA;
b) their relative;
c) the FBI agent.

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6. What does the phrase ‘Holy Mother of
God’ express in the following episode?
(Season 8, episode 3)
a) anger;
b) joy;
c) surprise.

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7. In this episode Chandler uses the
idioms ‘the little woman’, ‘ball and chain’
to denote: (Season 7, episode 23)
a) his mother;
b) his aunt;
c) his future wife.

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8. What does Phoebe mean when she
says ‘I’m with child’ in this episode?
(Season 8, episode 1)
a) that she has a baby;
b) that she is pregnant;
c) that she’s looking
friend’s child.
after
her

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9. In this episode the announcer at the
stadium says ‘She's proposing to him.
Guess we know who wears the pants in
that family’ .What does the phrase ‘to
wear pants in the family’ mean?
(Season 10, episode 5)
a) to wear trousers all the time;
b) to be the head of the family;
c) to be a man.

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10. In this episode the phrase ‘Mother
of God’ is used to express: (Season 1,
episode 20)
a) surprise;
b) excitement and happiness;
c) frustration and despair.