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COMMON IDIOMS

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  • If something belongs to the past and isn't important or troubling any more, it is _________________
    WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
  • If someone has ____________ they are made to look foolish or embarrassed.
    EGG ON THEIR FACE
  • A person who is bad and makes other bad
    BAD APPLE
  • If someone's as __________________, they make absolutely no noise.
    QUIET AS A MOUSE
  • If you _______________, you confess to something that has been troubling you
    GET SOMETHING OFF YOUR CHEST
  • The ________________ is the final problem that makes someone lose their temper or the problem that finally brought about the collapse of something.
    LAST STRAW
  • If you _____________________, you copy something they do because it will help you.
    TAKE A LEAF OUT OF SOMEONE’S BOOK
  • A person’s weak spot
    ACHILLES HEEL
  • This idiom means that if you do something for me, I'll return the favour.
    YOU SCRATCH MY BACK, I’LL SCRATCH YOURS
  • If two competitors or candidates, etc, are ______________, then they are very close and neither is clearly winning.
    NECK AND NECK
  • If people are _________________, they are very closely connected and think the same way.
    JOINED AT THE HIP
  • This expression is used to refer to something good that happens on top of an already good thing or situation.
    ICING ON THE CAKE
  • A relaxed, quiet time immediately before period of violent activity or argument
    CALM BEFORE THE STORM
  • If you are feeling a bit ill, sad or lack energy, you are ____________________.
    UNDER THE WEATHER
  • If you have to _____________, you have to accept the negative consequences of something you have done wrong.
    FACE THE MUSIC
  • ____________________ is a sequence of events that make each other worse- someone drinks because they are unhappy at work, then loses their job...
    A VICIOUS CIRCLE
  • If someone is _______________, they don't worry or plan and accept things as they happen.
    HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
  • Someone who starts life very poor and becomes rich goes from ______________.
    RAGS TO RICHES
  • If you're __________________, you're moving from success to success.
    ON A ROLL
  • If you are overcharged or underpaid, open, unfair and hard to prevent. Rip-off has a similar meaning
    DAYLIGHT ROBBERY