This quiz was designed for intermediate to advanced ESL students (not native speakers of English). It will test your knowledge of one hundred English idioms that are common in North America. You can study these idioms and their definitions on our North American idioms page or in the Essential Idioms mobile app.
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It takes you 15 minutes to walk to school? ______ ! It takes me an hour!
Should the answer to this question be “No way” (= What? That’s impossible.)??
Hello. I suppose that meaning is technically possible. The idiom “big deal” is more natural (in my opinion) as 15 minutes is not a big deal compared to 60 minutes.
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Regarding N Kit’s response (“It takes you 15 minutes to walk to school?”) I too interpreted the correct response to mean “That’s impossible.” The fact that this question IS open to interpretation suggests that it, or the answer choices, should be changed so as to not be so ambiguous.
Alright. I’ve changed the item to “It takes you 15 minutes to walk to school? Big deal! That’s not very long at all.” It should be less ambiguous.
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