IDIOMS

Expressions don't always translate well word for word, and a funny example it the Swedish phrase: "If there´s room in your heart, there´s room for your ass" that seems vulgar, rude and is impossible to understand for an English speaking person. Look at the English expressions, and make a list in a Word document where you write the missing (only one!) word.


1. He said it was hard, but it was really a ………………..of cake.

2. Tell me what she said, I am all …………………

3. Stop it, I am ………………..up with you!

4. Please tell me what happened, don’t ………………..around the bush.

5. She is really behind with her project. She has bitten off more than she can ………………..

6. I hope you do well on the job interview. Break a ………………..!

7. I can’t do this by ………………..

8. He has to start earlier next time. This time he only finished by the skin of his ………………..

9. The discussion lasted many hours. The bottom ………………..
was that the company isn't for sale.

10. Joe broke his mother's ………………..when he dropped out of school

11. It's late and you've accomplished a lot. Why don't you call it a ………………..?

12. This brochure about Tahiti caught my ………………..when I was at the travel agency

13. A: Your new car is really nice.
B: "It should be. It cost (me) an arm and a . ……………….

14. Joe should have finished his project a week ago. Why is he dragging .his ……………?

15. In your essays, please write on every ……………line. That will make the
essays much easier to read.

16. That story's pretty. …………… Nobody's going to believe it

17. Traffic was really slow on the freeway this morning because of a . …………… in one of the westbound lanes.

18. Where's Marie? I haven't seen her for . ……………

19. I really get a . ……………out of listening to children talk. They say some very funny things.

20. I know you like that song, but it's getting on my…………... Can you play something else?"