Idioms and Expressions: High or Tall

Choose high or tall to complete each of the following sentences.  Look at the top of this page to see a definition of the idiom or expression and your score on this quiz.


1 What? You want me to read 300 pages by Friday? That's a _____ order.
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tall

2 You always act like you're better than everyone else. Get off your ______ horse.
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tall

3 Put the baby in his ______ chair. It's time for dinner.
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tall

4 Don't worry if she gets upset. She's just a little bit ______-strung
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tall

5 No, I don't really think that he caught an alligator while he was fishing. That's just one of his ______ tales.
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tall

6 You got a 600 on the TOEFL? Give me a _______ five!
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tall

7 Karin likes men who are over six feet _____.
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tall

8 Leslie doesn't like to wear ______ heels because they hurt her feet.
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tall

9 Your computer has a Pentium III processor? Wow! That's pretty _____ tech!
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tall

10 Mt. Everest is the _______ mountain in the world.
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tallest


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