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IDIOMS, SIMILES AND EXPRESSIONS

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Red.... (bureaucracy)

tape

Tell a .... (to tell a fib)

a white lie

to see everything in..... (narrow-minded)

black and white

make a long story...

short

Give someone the cold

shoulder

To give someone a.... (something useless)

white elephant

I smell ... (animal)

a rat.

Less is ...

more

There are other fish...

in the sea

do all the ...... (animal)

donkey work

to get itchy

feet

Learn something...

by heart

don't count your chickens

before they hatch

to get the travel

bug

as thin as

a rake

Hold ... (animal)

your horses

off the beaten

track

A red.... (something which distracts the attention from the target)

herring

as deaf as

a post

The ball is in

your court

make up .... (make a decision)

your mind

Home is where...

the heart is

out of the... (unexpected)

blue

to sleep like

a log

Once in the ... (rarely)

blue moon

All that glitters ...

is not gold

travel on a...

shoestring

as white as

a sheet

His/her bark is worse than

his/her bite

as quick as

a flash

walk off with his/her tail

between his/her legs

as stubborn as

mule

live it...

up

to be a smart...

alec

be a dark ... (animal)

horse

as light as

a feather

be like a fish

out of water

hit... (purchasing)

the shops

to drink like

a fish

it works like

a dream

The grass is always greener on the other...

side of the fence

a penny for..

your thoughts

to get the lion's

share

it is like water off a

duck's back

as blind as

a bat

A picture is worth 1000

words

to kill two birds

with one stone

a bird in hand is worth

two in the bush

At the crack of

dawn