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Idioms
Exercise 1 - Match the sentences to the pictures and then fill in the blanks with the parts of the body from the list. You may use each word only once.
Eye eyes nose chest head head back mind heart arm heels feetA, Doctor, there's something I need to get off my___________.
B, I don't know what's wrong with the boss today I only asked a question and she bit my ___________off!
C, We weren't really arguing until Basil came along and decided to stick his ___________ in.
D, I can't possibly meet you for lunch today. I'm up to my ___________ in work at the moment.
E, As she walked up the aisle towards Barry, Linda started to get cold ___________.
F, When John left me for another woman, he broke my ___________.
G, I have to sit near the water's edge so I can keep an ___________ on Emma.
H, Oh all right, I'll come and watch it with you. You've twisted my ___________.
I, I fell ___________ over ___________ in love with her the moment I saw her, but she doesn't want to know me.
J, As I walked away, I could hear them whispering about me behind my ___________.
K, He was in the shop for ages because he couldn't make up his ___________ which T-shirt to buy.
Exercise 2 - Replace the word or phrase in bold in sentences 1-10 with one of the idioms from the list below, changing verb forms, pronouns, etc as necessary.
For example: It would make me very sad if anything happened to my cat.
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It would break my heartif anything happened to my cat.
a) have/get cold feet
b) head over heels in love
c) behind sb's back
d) twist sb's arm
e) break sb's heart
f) keep an eye on sb/sth
g) poke/stick your nose in(to sth)
h) get sth off your chest
i) bite sb's head off
j) be up to your eyes in sth
k) make up your mind
1) Could you watch my bags for me while I go into the shop, please? _____
2) The way we bring up the children is our business. I don't want your mother interfering! _____
3) Mark and Emma are both still crazy about each other even after five years. _____
4) He was going to report it to the police, but at the last minute he felt too scared and decided to keep quiet. _____
5) Why not tell him how you feel? It might do you good to talk about it. _____
6) Fran says she's too busy to come to the party tonight. See if you can persuade her. _____
7) You'll just have to decide which one you want. I'm not waiting any longer! _____
8) When I asked him what he wanted to eat, he just shouted at me. _____
9) It's not fair of us to discuss Jo's work without her knowing about it. _____
10) We're so busy because we've just moved house and we have got loads of boxes that need unpacking. _____
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Franci1969 2011.01.20. 10:25:03