idioms c1

to the __________ (all the way through, or very badly: I was frozen/chilled to the ________ after waiting so long for the bus.))

the gift of ______ (the ability to speak easily and confidently in a way that makes people want to listen to you and believe you)

be in the __________ (If you are in the ___________, you have done something to make people angry or annoyed with you.)

old wives' ________ (a piece of advice or a theory, often related to matters of health, that was believed in the past but is now known to be wrong)

get nowhere _______ (to completely fail to achieve something)

hear (something) through/on the _________

it ________ to reason (said when something is obvious or clear from the facts)

as the ________ flies (describes a distance when measured in a straight line)

preach to the _______ (to try to persuade people who already agree with you)

don’t give up your ______ job (used for telling someone that you do not think they are very good at something)

face the _______ (to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done)

it's all ______ to me (a way of saying that you do not understand something that is said or written)

in the ________ (in real life, and not on TV, in a film, in a picture, etc.)

be ____` large (If someone dangerous is ____ large, they are not in prison.)

in ______ daylight (If a crime is committed in ______ daylight, it happens during the day, when it could have been seen and prevented)

in the ______ of time (at the last possible moment)

dog-____-dog (used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people)

have many irons in the ______(to be involved with many activities or jobs at the same time or to make certain that there are always several possibilities available)