WONDERLIC EXAM STUDY GUIDE

WONDERLIC EXAM STUDY GUIDE

WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

✔✔To kill two birds with one stone. - ✔✔To accomplish two goals in one deed.

✔✔Variety is the spice of life. - ✔✔People's differences make the world interesting.

✔✔We'll cross that bridge when we come/get to it. - ✔✔We'll face that problem when it arises.

✔✔When the cat's away, the mice will play. - ✔✔When the authorities are gone, mischief begins.

✔✔Where there's a will, there's a way. - ✔✔If something is desired enough, a means will be found to achieve it.

✔✔You can't judge a book by its cover. - ✔✔You can't judge something by how it looks on the outside.

✔✔You can't teach an old dog new tricks. - ✔✔Old people can't learn new skills. It's difficult to break an old pattern of behavior.

✔✔to hold someone up - ✔✔to rob someone. Example: I got held up today in front of my house.

✔✔neck of the woods - ✔✔a region nearby, neighborhood

✔✔not out of the woods yet - ✔✔someone recovers but not yet in healthy conditions.Example: She has be shot many times. She has been in the hospital for many days and recovered, but she is not out of the woods yet.

✔✔take it with a grain of salt - ✔✔shrug it off, let comments go in one ear and out the other

✔✔look before you leap - ✔✔think carefully about the possible outcome before making important decisions.

✔✔think today and speak tomorrow - ✔✔we have to think all the things well before we decide to take an action because everything that we choose has its risk.

✔✔don't look a gift horse in the mouth - ✔✔don't question the value of the gift, just be grateful

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✔✔You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - ✔✔you can't turn something ugly into something attractive

✔✔You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar - ✔✔it is more effective to be polite and flattering than to be hostile or demanding

✔✔The squeaking wheel gets the grease - ✔✔used to convey the idea that the most noticeable (or loudest) problems are the ones most likely to get attention

✔✔A fly follows the honey - ✔✔If you are nice people will be nice to you

✔✔Sweet appears sour when we pay - ✔✔

✔✔Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow - ✔✔love each other in moderation for long lasting love

✔✔Once bitten, twice shy - ✔✔an unpleasant experience induces caution

✔✔No one is happy all his life long - ✔✔

✔✔Hitch your wagon to a star - ✔✔try to succeed by forming a relationship with someone who is already successful

✔✔Fortune favors the brave - ✔✔fortune favors those who are daring

✔✔the cautious seldom make mistakes - ✔✔

✔✔Two dogs will kill a lion - ✔✔

✔✔A threefold cord is not quickly broken - ✔✔

✔✔Water falling day by day wears the hardest stone away - ✔✔

✔✔Politeness is excellent, but it does not pay the bill - ✔✔

✔✔Cash is king - ✔✔It may refer to the importance of cash flow in the overall fiscal health of a business

✔✔No one is wise all the time - ✔✔

✔✔A word to the wise is sufficient - ✔✔Intelligent people can take hints; they don't need to have everything explained to them at great length

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