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C1 - Idioms

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  • Absence makes the heart ...
    GROW FONDER - You feel more affection for those you love when parted from them
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  • Fair weather ...
    FRIEND - A person whose friendship cannot be relied on in times of difficulty
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  • A leopard can never ...
    CHANGE ITS SPOTS - People or things are not able to change their basic characteristics.
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  • Give him an inch and he'll ...
    TAKE A MILE - Said about someone who has been given a small amount of something, and then has tried to get a lot more
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  • Birds of a feather ...
    FLOCK TOGETHER - People of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together
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  • His bark is worse than...
    HIS BITE - They are not as unpleasant or frightening as they seem
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  • Old habits...
    DIE HARD -   people find it difficult to change their accustomed behavior
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  • Out of the frying pan, ...
    INTO THE FIRE - a situation where one escapes a problematic situation only to end up in a worse one
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  • come rain or ...
    SHINE - whatever happens
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  • it's the best thing since ...
    SLICED BREAD - something is the best and most useful innovation or development invented for a long time
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  • Not all that glitters...
    IS GOLD - not everything that looks valuable or true turns out to be so
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  • to face the ...
    MUSIC - to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done
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  • Toe the party ...
    LINE - to do what someone in authority tells you to do although you may not agree with it.
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  • Jam...
    TOMORROW - a never-fulfilled promise
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  • To vote with your ...
    FEET - to show your opinion by leaving an organization or by no longer supporting, using, or buying something
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  • To get on/off your ...
    SOAPBOX - to express/to stop expressing your opinions about a particular subject
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