What does this idiom mean: to be into something?

Ivrine · Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:32 am *What does this idiom mean: to be into something?*

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #7 "English Prepositions", question 2

Are you up to the game of cricket or doesn't it interest you in the slightest?

(a) up to
(b) of
(c) in the slightest

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #7 "English Prepositions", answer 2

Are you into the game of cricket or doesn't it interest you in the slightest?

Correct entry: into
The error was: (a) up to
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is in the slightest the correct answer for this questions?

Ivrine

lost_soul · Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:52 am *What does this idiom mean: to be into something?*

Conchita · Wed Apr 11, 2007 0:16 am *What does this idiom mean: to be into something?*

To be into something is to be interested in it or to like it very much: Are you into (the game of) cricket?

Now the question 'Are you up for a game of cricket' would refer to one particular match, not to cricket in general.

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