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idiomatic expressions C1/C2

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  • What do you burn if you stay up 'til late working?
    the midnight oil
  • If you have a lot of money to buy anything you want what do you have?
    money to burn
  • 'Life's not always a bed of ___________'
    roses
  • If you interfere, you'll get your _____________ burnt. I wouldn't say anything.
    fingers
  • The grass is always ____________ on the other side
    greener
  • 'Stop ________________ while Rome burns! Help me out here.'
    fiddling
  • When something happens suddenly it happens 'out of the _________'.
    blue
  • If you still want the option of going back to a previous option, don't burn your ____________.
    boats / bridges
  • 'Let's go out shopping! Those 50 euros you gave me are burning _____________________'.
    a hole in my pocket
  • To summarise briefly we describe something 'in a _______________'.
    nutshell