Adjective-noun collocations
Multiple-choice exercise
He's only been promoted because he's the boss' ____________ boy.
- blue-eyed
- green-eyed
- golden
- silver
If a politician is gay in this country, why don't we say so instead of calling them a ____________ bachelor?
- confirmed
- total
- committed
- absolute
In a sense, we both won - it was a ____________ heat.
- over
- dead
- equal
- same
Was he talking about? It's ____________ Dutch to me.
- double
- complete
- all
- mostly
I worked during the vacation as a ____________ dogsbody in an office.
- general
- low
- junior
- all round
When he left, the company gave him a ____________ handshake.
- golden
- silver
- generous
- financial
That's it! I give up. It's the ____________ straw.
- last
- backbreaking
- end
- camel's
Well, it's good and bad. A bit of a ____________ blessing, really.
- mixed
- diverse
- curate's
- equal
I suppose the bucket of water in the kitchen is your idea of a _____________ joke.
- practical
- physical
- material
- actual
Nobody paid him or helped him. A bit of a ____________ deal.
- raw
- hard
- sore
- nasty
Bureaucracy and ____________ tape are the real problems.
- red
- blue
- green
- black
It's 4 miles further if you don't take the ____________ cut.
- short
- half
- narrow
- by
Don't mention it - it's a bit of a ____________ point, I'm afraid.
- sore
- hard
- bad
- hurtful
He's the ____________ image of his father.
- spitting
- matching
- same
- copy
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.
- Catch
- Snag
- Problem
- Vicious