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    Idioms B1-B2 level
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  • Many of Hitchcock's films are real ____________. I am addicted to them.
    cliffhangers
    couch potatoes
    game
    icing on the cake
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  • It was surprising to see investors __________ and buy so many shares!
    investors threw caution to the wind
    in a nutshell
    keep in the loop
    beat around the bush
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  • Jack really __________ - he decides to take a day off whenever we have a deadline!
    keeps us in the loop
    is a couch potato
    is game
    gets under my skin
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  • I __________ for whatever you want to do this weekend.
    throw caution to the wind
    am game
    get under your skin
    keep you in the loop
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  • get under someone's skin
    like someone very much
    hurt someone
    annoy someone
    be willing to participate
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  • a story or a situation that is exciting because its ending or result is uncertain until it happens
    the icing on the cake
    a couch potato
    willy-nilly
    a cliffhanger
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  • be willing to participate in something
    get under one's skin
    throw caution to the wind
    be game
    keep in the loop
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  • My friend is such a __________! He doesn’t do anything else but watch TV all day.
    an eager beaver
    a dark horse
    a couch potato
    a white elephant
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  • a person who watches a lot of television
    a couch potato
    a dark horse
    an eager beaver
    a white elephant
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  • Both sides were drawn, ___________, into the conflict.
    willy-nilly
    around the bush
    the icing on the cake
    in a nutshell
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  • "What went wrong?" "____________, everything."
    in a nutshell
    around the bush
    the icing on the cake
    willy-nilly
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  • I don't think there'll be more than six people eating, so I wouldn't _________ with the food.
    in a nutshell
    willy-nilly
    go overboard
    spill the beans
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  • even if the people who are involved do not want it to happen
    willy-nilly
    around the bush
    in a nutshell
    the icing on the cake
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  • very briefly, giving only the main points
    the icing on the cake
    in a nutshell
    around the bush
    willy-nilly
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  • do something too much, or to be too excited or eager
    go overboard
    in a nutshell
    spill the beans
    willy-nilly
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  • If you hurry, you'll make mistakes and waste time, effort and materials.
    Haste makes waste!
    What goes around comes around.
    The more, the merrier!
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