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IDIOMS C1

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  • I've told him that he's heading for trouble, but he doesn't listen - it's just ____off a duck's back.
    water
  • to say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry
    put/set the cat among the pigeons
  • flog a ______ ______
    dead horse
  • A lot of people in this business think they have to stab each other in the ____ to succeed.
    back
  • a secret that would cause embarrassment if it were known:
    a skeleton in the closet
  • put the _____ among the pigeons
    cat
  • criticisms of or warnings to a particular person that have no effect on that person:
    (like) water off a duck's back
  • over my dead ____
    body
  • have a bun in the _____
    oven
  • to be waiting eagerly to hear about something:
    to be all ears
  • The repair work cost an _____.
    arm and a leg
  • be as stubborn as a ____
    mule
  • to be very expensive:
    cost (someone) an arm and a leg
  • to be _____ over heels with someone
    head
  • used for wishing someone good luck, especially before a performance
    break a leg
  • to do something difficult in a brave and determined way:
    take the bull by the horns
  • to be pregnant
    have a bun in the oven
  • to harm someone who trusts you:
    stab someone in the back