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Collocations-Idioms 5

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  • I only asked you a question. There´s no need to b____ my h_____ o____! ( echarle la bronca )
    bite my head off
  • Really, Dorothy, I think you`re m_____ a ______ o____ of a __________. ( hacer una montaña de un grano de arena )
    making a mountain out of a molehill
  • If sales continue to drop, the company will soon be o___ t___ r______. ( a punto de desmoronarse )
    on the rocks
  • When their grandfather died, Robert got the L____ s_____ of his money. ( la mayor parte )
    the lion´s share
  • Although she had never rode a bike before, she soon got the h____ o____ it. ( pillar el truco )
    got the hang of it
  • Strawberries cost a lot at the moment because they´re not i___ s________. ( en temporada )
    in season
  • I didn´t like caviar at first. For me they were an a______ t______. ( un gusto adquirido )
    an acquired taste
  • Anyone who would risk his life to go skydiving must be o____ his h______. ( estar loco )
    be off his head / rocker
  • Don´t tease Samantha when she´s tired. You know how r______ she gets. ( enojón / enojona )
    ratty
  • That argument quite frankly doesn´t h_____ w_____! It´s ridiculous. ( tener sentido )
    hold water
  • I feel like I´m i___ a _______. I seem to be doing the same thing all the time. ( atrapado en una rutina )
    in a rut / stuck in a rut
  • He was retired but he taught an evening class just to k____ his h____ i____. ( seguir practicando )
    keep his hand in
  • My room is so small that there isn´t room to s_____ a _____ in it. ( no tener espacio )
    there isn´t room to swing a cat
  • She loves tennis and could watch it u_____ the c_____ came h_______. ( por mucho tiempo )
    until the cows came home
  • “How far is it to London?” “ About ten miles as the c______ f_____.” ( en linea recta )
    as the crow flies
  • When the boss retired he was given a g_______ h________ of $50,000. ( indemnización por jubilación )
    a golden handshake
  • He worked at a car factory and usually c_____ i___ at 7.30 very morning. ( fichar en el trabajo )
    clocked in
  • In China, a girl is considered to be o__ t___ s_____ if she isn´t married by twenty. ( pasado de tiempo )
    on the shelf
  • You c____ i___ f_____! Another minute and we´d have left without you. ( no tener margen )
    cut it fine / cut it close
  • When I tell Dad that I failed my exam he is going to h____ k_____. ( reaccionar mal )
    to have kittens
  • Although he had only known her for two weeks he decided to t____ the b____ b__ the h_____ and ask her to marry him. ( cojer el toro por los cuernos )
    take the bull by the horns
  • The police are working h____ i___ g_______ with the FBI to solve the case. ( unidos / codo a codo )
    hand in glove
  • This was the third year i__ s_______ that they won the tournament. ( uno tras otro )
    in succession / in a row
  • I wouldn´t recognise her, it´s d_____ e____ since I last saw her. ( mucho tiempo / siglos )
    It´s donkey´s ears
  • The police suspected that the robbery was an i_____ j____ . ( crimen interno )
    an inside job
  • Arnold has been learning Russian o___ a____ o___ for three years. ( de forma discontinua )
    on and off
  • We mustn´t be late, so you must be here at 9 o´clock o___ t____ d_____. ( en punto / puntualmente )
    on the dot
  • It´s no use talking to Janice. It just goes in o___ e___ and o___ the o_____. ( ignorar consejo / en una oreja y sale de la otra )
    in one ear and out the other
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