GMAT Idioms List

The following GMAT idioms list is based upon official GMAT sentence correction questions that the test-makers publicly released.

Practice these idioms using our proprietary sentence correction questions.

GMAT Idiom Book1 Question2 Answer Page3
Official Guide for GMAT Review (12th Edition)
x is more than y 12th Edition 4 686
unlike x, y 12th Edition 20 694
in contrast with x, y 12th Edition 20 694
in contrast to x, y 12th Edition 20 694
estimate to be 12th Edition 27 698
the same to x as to y 12th Edition 32 700
depends on whether x 12th Edition 34 701
so x that y 12th Edition 37 702
targeted ... at 12th Edition 40 704
rivalry between x and y 12th Edition 44 706
expended on 12th Edition 46 707
the ability ... to 12th Edition 51 710
x is to y what w is to z 12th Edition 58 714
amount of x 12th Edition 74 722
attributes x to y 12th Edition 79 724
not just because of x, but because of y 12th Edition 83 726
distinctions between x and y 12th Edition 96 733
either x or y 12th Edition 109 740
to consider x y 12th Edition 117 745
less successful than 12th Edition 123 748
so x that y 12th Edition 124 748
x is dated at z years old 12th Edition 140 756
Official Guide for GMAT Review (11th Edition)
x is more than y 11th Edition 2 662
in contrast with x, y 11th Edition 16 669
estimated to be 11th Edition 21 671
in danger of 11th Edition 27 673
seem + infinitive 11th Edition 29 674
as much as 11th Edition 30 674
to credit x with 11th Edition 31 674
as many ... as 11th Edition 37 676
between x and y 11th Edition 40 678
require x to do y 11th Edition 53 684
restrictions on x 11th Edition 54 685
not only x ... but also y 11th Edition 55 685
there is no doubt that 11th Edition 58 686
as a means to 11th Edition 60 688
attribute x to y 11th Edition 67 691
as many as 11th Edition 76 695
used x as y 11th Edition 79 696
not x, but rather y 11th Edition 87 700
order x to be y 11th Edition 92 702
just as x, so y 11th Edition 99 706
distinguish between x and y 11th Edition 107 710
both x and y 11th Edition 112 713
so x that y 11th Edition 118 716
Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review
not...but Verbal Review 4 256
the rising cost Verbal Review 8 258
range from x to y Verbal Review 9 258
except for + noun Verbal Review 13 260
between x and y Verbal Review 14 260
to mistake x for y Verbal Review 17 261
to think of x as y Verbal Review 20 262
with the aim of + (verb)ing Verbal Review 25 264
not only x ... but also y Verbal Review 46 274
prohibit x from doing y Verbal Review 48 275
more x than y Verbal Review 50 276
not only x ... but also y Verbal Review 52 277
so x that y Verbal Review 58 280
not x, but rather y Verbal Review 60 281
not only ... but also Verbal Review 66 284
in order to x Verbal Review 69 285
as x as Verbal Review 75 288
worried about Verbal Review 81 291
either x or y Verbal Review 84 292
better served by x than by y Verbal Review 89 295
ordered x to do y Verbal Review 90 295
both x and y Verbal Review 93 297
x rose almost as fast as y Verbal Review 94 297
between x and y Verbal Review 95 298
more x than y Verbal Review 98 299
x rather than y Verbal Review 99 300
isolated from Verbal Review 106 300
not only x ... but also y Verbal Review 108 304
as a result of Verbal Review 113 307

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Footnotes

  1. Verbal Review refers to The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review (ISBN:0976570912). 11th Edition refers to The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition (ISBN:0976570904). 12th Edition refers to The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition (ISBN:0470449748). [Back]
  2. The Question column provides the question number within the referenced book. [Back]
  3. The Answer Page column lists the page number on which the official explanation is found. [Back]