Choose the correct answer for each question.

1. He's only been promoted because he's the boss' ____________ boy.

   1.   ?    blue-eyed
   2.   ?    green-eyed
   3.   ?    golden
   4.   ?    silver

2. If a politician is gay in this country, why don't we say so instead of calling them a ____________ bachelor?

   1.   ?    confirmed
   2.   ?    total
   3.   ?    committed
   4.   ?    absolute

3. In a sense, we both won - it was a ____________ heat.

   1.   ?    over
   2.   ?    dead
   3.   ?    equal
   4.   ?    same

4. Was he talking about? It's ____________ Dutch to me.

   1.   ?    double
   2.   ?    complete
   3.   ?    all
   4.   ?    mostly

5. I worked during the vacation as a ____________ dogsbody in an office.

   1.   ?    general
   2.   ?    low
   3.   ?    junior
   4.   ?    all round

6. When he left, the company gave him a ____________ handshake.

   1.   ?    golden
   2.   ?    silver
   3.   ?    generous
   4.   ?    financial

7. That's it! I give up. It's the ____________ straw.

   1.   ?    last
   2.   ?    backbreaking
   3.   ?    end
   4.   ?    camel's

8. Well, it's good and bad. A bit of a ____________ blessing, really.

   1.   ?    mixed
   2.   ?    diverse
   3.   ?    curate's
   4.   ?    equal

9. I suppose the bucket of water in the kitchen is your idea of a _____________ joke.

   1.   ?    practical
   2.   ?    physical
   3.   ?    material
   4.   ?    actual

10. Nobody paid him or helped him. A bit of a ____________ deal.

    1.   ?    raw
    2.   ?    hard
    3.   ?    sore
    4.   ?    nasty

11. Bureaucracy and ____________ tape are the real problems.

    1.   ?    red
    2.   ?    blue
    3.   ?    green
    4.   ?    black

12. It's 4 miles further if you don't take the ____________ cut.

    1.   ?    short
    2.   ?    half
    3.   ?    narrow
    4.   ?    by

13. Don't mention it - it's a bit of a ____________ point, I'm afraid.

    1.   ?    sore
    2.   ?    hard
    3.   ?    bad
    4.   ?    hurtful

14. He's the ____________ image of his father.

    1.   ?    spitting
    2.   ?    matching
    3.   ?    same
    4.   ?    copy

15. I can't get a job because I don't have a house and I can't get a house because I don't have a job. It's ____________ 22, really.

    1.   ?    Catch
    2.   ?    Snag
    3.   ?    Problem
    4.   ?    Vicious