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4.2 Now practise the use of the idioms.

Circle the correct answer:

  1. Who exaggerate to be funny?

    1. people who ham it up

    2. people who go to pieces

  2. Who eat too much?

    1. people who make pigs of themselves

    2. people who go bananas

  3. Who always have other things to do?

    1. people who get to the core of things

    2. people who have other fish to fry

  4. Who tell secrets?

    1. people who spill the beans

    2. people who hear it through the grapevine

  5. Who often have hurt feelings?

    1. people who are thin-skinned.

    2. people who are tough nuts to crack

  6. Who know which side their bread is buttered on?

    1. people who are apple polishers

    2. people who have peaches-and-cream complexions

  7. Who is the boss?

    1. a lemon

    2. the top banana

    1. Match the idiom with its meaning:

Example: 1. something that doesn't work — e) a lemon

  1. something that doesn't work

  1. an apple polisher

  1. someone who shows off

  1. an egghead

  1. something to avoid

  1. a hot dog

  1. neat

  1. a hot potato

  1. sensitive

  1. a lemon

  1. made in the USA

  1. a peach

  1. someone who flatters

  1. a tough nut to crack

  1. someone who is difficult

  1. as American as apple pie

  1. someone who is intelligent

  1. in apple-pie order

  1. someone who is honey

  1. thin-skinned

    1. Complete the sentences using idioms:

  1. I told her I didn't like her new haircut. Now she's crying. She's

really _________.

  1. June accidentally told Sam's secret. She didn't mean to _________.

  2. He always acts silly when people are watching- He likes to

_________.

  1. When he hears the good news, he's going to _________.

  2. When she hears the bad news, she's going to _________.

  3. I'm sorry you have a stomachache, but I told you not to _________

yourself.

  1. How can you say that playing tennis is more fun than reading a

book? You're _________.

  1. Alex failed the test, so he said that Ms Scott is a bad teacher. It's

just _________.

  1. My cousin has beautiful skin. She has a _________.

  2. Timmy always makes trouble. He gets the other children to

misbehave. His teacher says: « _________».

  1. Jimmy, never makes trouble. He's the teacher's favorite. His

teacher says: «He's ______».

Vocabulary

to be on the blink в плохом состоянии; не в порядке; при

последнем издыхании

plongeur фр.мойщик посуды в ресторане; (a dishwasher)

to show up неожиданно появиться

to wolf down заглотить, проглотить, жадно съесть

to get away with smth остаться безнаказанным

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