Idioms Exercises – Part 113

Learning

At first blush: when you are first learning something or thinking about something
Learn something by rote: memorize something
Drill something into someone: teaching someone through repetition
Learn something the hard way/ find something out the hard way: learn through experience
Learn a lesson: learn through a bad experience
Learn the ropes: learn a job or activity
Pick up something/ pick something up: learn something by being in contact with it
Soak something up/ soak up something: learn about something quickly

Studying

Brush up on something: review
Bone up on something: prepare for an exam
Do your homework: prepare something in advance
Read up on something: study about something
Read the fine print: study the details

Use the idioms in parenthesis to complete the following sentences. Use the correct verb form

N1. The importance of accuracy was __________ them. (drill into)

N2. ______________ in a new job can take time. (learn the ropes)

N3. He never had guitar lessons. He just_____it_____.( pick up )

N4. Luke knows how strict speed limits are- and he ___________.( find out the hard way)

N5. Take some time to ____________ each subject. ( bone up on)

N6. I’ve ___________. I’ll never fill in another online questionnaire! ( learn your lesson)

:Answers

N1. Drilled into
N2. learning the ropes
N3. picked it up
N4. found it out the hard way
N5. bone up on
N6. learned my lesson