I could eat a horse VERSUS I could eat a mountain

[Semaka]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #208 "What Comes Next? (2)", question 2

I don't know about you but I'm so hungry ..........

(a) I could eat a mountain
(b) I could eat the table
(c) I could eat a cow
(d) I could eat a horse

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #208 "What Comes Next? (2)", answer 2

I don't know about you but I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Correct answer: (d) I could eat a horse

Your answer was: incorrect
I don't know about you but I'm so hungry I could eat a mountain.
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why horse?

Semaka

[Mister Micawber]

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No good reason, except that the phrase is an idiom. I suppose it may have been 'chosen' because the animal is well known, easy to pronounce, large, and seldom eaten. Also, hungry and horse are alliterative-- that is a common characteristic of set phrases.
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[Acharyasd]

very difficult test .

[Beeesneees]

Hello,

If the test were easy, then you would not learn from it. However, if you are finding this level of test too difficult please try some of the elementary level tests which you can access from
http://www.english-test.net/
instead.
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Cheers m' dears!

[Acharyasd]

Thanks bee , I will try .