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blow a test (to) [exp]
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Meaning:
- Get a bad grade in a test or do that very bad.
Examples:
- I wonder why I aced my German exam at first semester, but I blew the test at the second semester!!!
- I forgot to study for the chemistry quiz and totally blew the test.
- She stayed out late the night before and blew the test because she couldn’t focus.
Synonyms phrases for the idiom “to blow a test”
To do badly in an exam
A phrase used to describe a weak exam.
- I studied so hard, but during the exam I lost my concentration and did badly in the exam.
- She did badly in the exam because the kids played and made a lot of noise and didn’t let him study the day before the exam.
- If you don’t sleep well, you will do badly in the exam.
- He thinks if he had had more time before the exam, he wouldn’t done the exam badly.
To fail a test
To get lower mark than pass mark.
- That was such a tough math test, although I studied enough to pass, I failed the test.
- She didn’t expect to fail a test she even taught others.
- Instead of staying home and study for the test you go play soccer, I think you will fail the test.
- He didn’t take biology test seriously and eventually failed the test.
To flunk a test
Getting bad grade of an exam
- Without any previous notification the teacher gave an exam to know if the students are ready. I’m sure most of us will flunk the test.
- If you recall, I gave this piece of advice that study your tough lessons during the semester not the night before the test. With this procedure you will flunk all the tests.
- Sorry professor! Is there any chance to take a make-up exam for those who flunked the test?
- She will lose her self-confidence if she flunked the test again.
To bungle a test
To take a weak test and get a low mark.
- I knew the answers, but because I was so stressed out, I bungled the test.
- He got distracted and skipped one page and bungled the test.
- She didn’t read the instructions carefully and bungled the test.
- Despite spending so much time studying for the test, he bungled the test.
To bomb a test
To be bad in a test
- I really bombed the test. None of the questions were clear.
- She was prepared enough for this exam and bombed the test.
- If you don’t listen carefully to the teacher during the class, you’re going to bomb the test for sure.
- Although, the test was easy, but somehow, I still bombed it.
Antonyms for the idiom “to blow a test”
To get Straight A’s
When you get top grades for all exams e.g. at the end of a semester, you get Straight A’s.
- Unlike first semester she studied harder in second semester and got straight A’s.
- His classmates were Julious of him when he got straight A’s on at the end of each semester.
- For getting straight A’s, it’s necessary to stay focused during the class.
- I wonder how can you both work a part-time job and get straight A’s in the university.
To ace a test
To get top grade of a test.
- I was so happy, because I aced the test after studying for several days.
- When you control your sensation and stress you will definitely ace the test, of course after studding well.
- You need to Just review the practice questions, I’m sure you’ll ace the test.
- The only student who didn’t got a compliment from the teacher was the boy who aced the test!
To pass the test
To get equal or more than the allowed mark.
- I just studied the half of the book and I think I will just pass the test.
- I will be satisfied if I just pass the test. I don’t need to ace this test.
- Everyone must at least get 60% to pass the test in this course.
- Even though it was difficult, he succeeded to pass the test with a highest score.
To do well in a test
To get good grade and result in a test.
- I was just studied from 4:00 AM to 7:00AM, but I did well in the test.
- She always does well in tests because she practices math problems as soon as the teacher teaches.
- Try to stay focused and don’t attend to lateral noises so you can do well in the test.
- We were surprised how she did well in the test, we spend all our leisure time together.
To sail through the exam
To be successful in a test in an easy way.
- She didn’t even seem worried because she is prepared for all exams and just sailed through the test.
- In the exam that every student hardly gets 50%, He sails through and gets 100%.
- He sailed through the final exams and got into the university that he wished.
- I was wondered how easily my friend sailed through the physics test.
To succeed in an exam
To be satisfied with a grade that someone gets in an exam.
- Being present in classed and going ahead with the class will, anyone can succeed in an exam.
- She studied, worked and searched very well all semester enough. That help her be succeeded in her exams.
- If you want to succeed in the exam, you need to have knowledge, time management, concentration, not being absent.
- He was single-minded to succeed in the final exam, no matter what and eventually qualified for the best university.
Related idiom to “to blow a test”
To escape through an exam
To take an exam just for passing and not to fail that. Used when someone is satisfied to pass it and does not a lot of attempts for getting top mark.
- I didn’t study much, but luckily, I scraped through the exam.
- She was just hoping to scrape through the exam without failing.
- He scraped through the exam with the bare minimum passing score.
- They weren’t aiming for high marks—just enough to scrape through.
To cheat in an exam
To take an exam in a dishonest way. Like copying someone else’s answer illegally to your answer sheet.
- It’s really immoral to get good grades by cheating in an exam.
- The teacher cut him in the act while cheating in the exam.
- I have heard he cheated in exams by hiding a note in his sleeves, he wrote the exact same answer of that question on that note.
- The teacher said if we weren’t ready for the exam tell him to postpone it or gave a make-up exam. The teacher wanted to help us not to cheat in exams avoid.