Idioms 1-9 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

Fill in the sentence with the correct form of the idiom. _ E E_ / ME / _ S _ E _ on how the project is coming along.

KEEP ME POSTED

Complete the idiom and make a sentence with it. catch sb with _____________

catch sb with THEIR HANDS IN A COOKIE JAR

Guess and define the idiom.

GIVE SB A HAND - give sb help

Fill in both of the sentences with ONE WORD. a) I'll ________ base with him later to tell him about the meeting. b) Now, make sure you stay in __________, OK? I want to hear all about your time in Paris!

TOUCH

Guess and define the idiom.

hit the headlines - to appear in the news suddenly or receive a lot of attention in news reports

Complete the idiom and make a sentence with it. take sth with _____________

take sth with A PINCH OF SALT

Complete the idiom and make a sentence with it. be on the same-__________

be on the same WAVELENGTH

Complete the idiom and make a sentence with it. cutting-__________

cutting-EDGE

Complete the idiom and make a sentence with it. at the crack of ____

at the crack of DAWN

Complete the idiom and make a sentence with it. It's no rocket ____

It's no rocket SCIENCE

Complete the idiom and make a sentence with it. spread like ____

spread like WILDFIRE

Fill in the sentence with the correct form of the idiom. I'm a working mom of three, so I've _ _T lunch-making _ _ _ N /_ O a / _C_ _ _C _ —I put out all the pieces of bread, add jelly to each one, and then do the same with peanut butter.

GOT LUNCH-MAKING DOWN TO A SCIENCE

Fill in the sentence with the correct form of the idiom. I'm on the road for three months at a time for work, so I've gotten pretty used to _ _ V _ N _ / O_ _ / _F / _ U _ T _ _ S _.

LIVING OUT OF SUITCASE

Fill in the sentence with the correct form of the idiom. "What's the capital of Mauritania?" "I don't know _ F_ the _ _ _ / O_ / M_ / _ _A_, but I could go and look it up."

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD

Fill in the sentence with the correct form of the idiom. Richards was _ _ _ P _ _ G / _ _ S/ _ H _ _/ _ P yesterday despite the continued setbacks.

KEEPING HIS CHIN UP

Fill in the sentence with the correct form of the idiom. He was forced to _ _ O _ / _ I _/ _ RU _ / _ O _ OR _ when asked how he would vote.

SHOW HIS TRUE COLORS

Fill in the sentence with the correct form of the idiom. Chris is asleep after _ _ _ N _ N _ / the _ _ D _ I _ H _ / _ I _ trying to finish his article.

BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL

Fill in both of the sentences with ONE WORD. a) The research institute has found that in 2012 __________ surfers spent 39% more time online than they did eight years earlier. b) Great Britain won a(n) _____________ medal in the javelin.

SILVER

Fill in both of the sentences with ONE WORD. a) Do you know a good __________ for wholemeal bread? b) All those children unsupervised sounds to me like a _____________ for disaster.

RECIPE

Fill in both of the sentences with ONE WORD. a) You can't expect to just ________ through without doing any work. b) If we __________ in a southeastward direction, we'll reach land.

SAIL

Fill in both of the sentences with ONE WORD. a) Will you keep your eye on my ________ while I go to get the tickets? b) I'm on the road for three months at a time for work, so I've gotten pretty used to living out of a __________.

SUITCASE

Fill in both of the sentences with ONE WORD. a) Ask Becky to recite the poem - she learned it by ________. b) Isabel's _________ was beating fast with fright.

HEART

Fill in both of the sentences with ONE WORD. a) I had my routine down to a fine ______ so there wouldn't be any room for error during the performance. 2) Our new state-of-the-___ facility will be at the cutting edge of cancer research.

ART

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GET COLD FEET - become too frightened to do sth you had planned to do, especially sth important such as getting married

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BY WORD OF MOUTH - given or done in speech rather than in writing

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BE THE PICTURE OF HEALTH - look very healthy

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GET ITCHY FEET - have a desire to travel

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PAINT THE TOWN RED - to go out and enjoy yourself by drinking alcohol, dancing, laughing with friends, etc