English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #312 [color=blue]“English Slang Idioms (33)”, question 9
“My week off was a busman’s …. My wife insisted that I finish building our patio deck,” the construction workercomplained tohis co-worker.
(a) holiday
(b) vehicle
(c) trip
(d) event
English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #312 [color=blue]“English Slang Idioms (33)”, answer 9
“My week off was a busman’s holiday. My wife insisted that I finish building our patio deck,” the construction workercomplained tohis co-worker.
Correct answer: (a) holiday
Your answer was: [color=red]incorrect
“My week off was a busman’s trip. My wife insisted that I finish building our patio deck,” the construction workercomplained tohis co-worker.
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Does it mean that when one’s free time is a busmen’s holiday that one actually works,that’s to say ,one doesn’t do things which are supposed to be done on holidays.To put in a nutshell,one doesn’t spend one’s time enjoying in whatever one’s idea of holyday is but work?