IDIOMS COURT INTERPRETERS TEST PAPER
2026 FULL SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ strung out. Answer: be under the influence of alcohol or drugs
◉ under the gun. Answer: severely pressured
◉ down to the wire. Answer: run out of time to finish
◉ muddying the waters. Answer: Confuse the issue, as in Bringing
up one irrelevant fact after another
◉ too long in tooth. Answer: based on the idea that teeth grow
longer in some animals as they get older
◉ go to the mat. Answer: vigorously engage in an argument or
dispute, typically on behalf of a particular person or cause.
◉ blindesided. Answer: catch (someone) unprepared; attack from an
unexpected position
,◉ egg on the face. Answer: To have/caught with egg on your face'
means to be made to look foolish or to be embarrassed
◉ constrained. Answer: limit, reduce (limitar, reducir, apretar)
◉ to spill guts. Answer: To confess, or to divulge secrets, typically
speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive
◉ pull the rug out from under someone. Answer: To suddenly
remove support from someone.
◉ finessed. Answer: do (something) in a subtle and delicate manner.
◉ thwarted. Answer: prevent (someone) from accomplishing
something (estorbar, desbaratar, frustar)
◉ gunning for. Answer: trying to achieve something
◉ strive. Answer: make great efforts to achieve or obtain something
(esforzarse, luchar)
◉ eager. Answer: (of a person) wanting to do or have something
very much (ansioso, impaciente)
, ◉ clashing for. Answer: disagreement, fight (desacuerdo, pelea)
◉ deafening silence. Answer: A conspicuous and striking lack of
noise or sound
◉ deafening. Answer: (of a noise) so loud as to make it impossible to
hear anything else
◉ walking on thin ice. Answer: The expression is used to describe a
situation of possible danger or risk, where the "ice" could break at
any time and the person treading or walking on it could fall
◉ I am at my wits. Answer: to be very upset, or at the limits of one's
emotional or mental limitations.
◉ rack. Answer: torment, afflict, torture, agonize, harrow, plague,
bedevil, persecute, wrack, trouble
◉ rack the brain. Answer: to think very hard
◉ qualm. Answer: an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear,
especially about one's own conduct
2026 FULL SOLUTION VERIFIED
◉ strung out. Answer: be under the influence of alcohol or drugs
◉ under the gun. Answer: severely pressured
◉ down to the wire. Answer: run out of time to finish
◉ muddying the waters. Answer: Confuse the issue, as in Bringing
up one irrelevant fact after another
◉ too long in tooth. Answer: based on the idea that teeth grow
longer in some animals as they get older
◉ go to the mat. Answer: vigorously engage in an argument or
dispute, typically on behalf of a particular person or cause.
◉ blindesided. Answer: catch (someone) unprepared; attack from an
unexpected position
,◉ egg on the face. Answer: To have/caught with egg on your face'
means to be made to look foolish or to be embarrassed
◉ constrained. Answer: limit, reduce (limitar, reducir, apretar)
◉ to spill guts. Answer: To confess, or to divulge secrets, typically
speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive
◉ pull the rug out from under someone. Answer: To suddenly
remove support from someone.
◉ finessed. Answer: do (something) in a subtle and delicate manner.
◉ thwarted. Answer: prevent (someone) from accomplishing
something (estorbar, desbaratar, frustar)
◉ gunning for. Answer: trying to achieve something
◉ strive. Answer: make great efforts to achieve or obtain something
(esforzarse, luchar)
◉ eager. Answer: (of a person) wanting to do or have something
very much (ansioso, impaciente)
, ◉ clashing for. Answer: disagreement, fight (desacuerdo, pelea)
◉ deafening silence. Answer: A conspicuous and striking lack of
noise or sound
◉ deafening. Answer: (of a noise) so loud as to make it impossible to
hear anything else
◉ walking on thin ice. Answer: The expression is used to describe a
situation of possible danger or risk, where the "ice" could break at
any time and the person treading or walking on it could fall
◉ I am at my wits. Answer: to be very upset, or at the limits of one's
emotional or mental limitations.
◉ rack. Answer: torment, afflict, torture, agonize, harrow, plague,
bedevil, persecute, wrack, trouble
◉ rack the brain. Answer: to think very hard
◉ qualm. Answer: an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear,
especially about one's own conduct
