Crime idioms

Crime idioms

By Inmaculada Chiva

Multiple Choice

The roommates are having problems with Edith, he is ....... .

• the green cake

• the rotten apple

• the rotten pear

• the red tomato

Multiple Choice

Steve didn't think it mattered that he stole a candy bar, but he's learned the hard way that........so now he's in prison.

• criminals are heroes

• crime is not worthwhile

• crime doesn't pay

• payment is not a crime

Multiple Choice

When I was younger I always wanted to fight, but I've ........................ since I started high school

• kept my nose clean

• been keeping my nose

• a nose clean

• cleaned my nose

Multiple Choice

The senator has been accused of trying to.......... ...his former drug use .................

• put ....in the wardrobe

• hide ......under the carpet

• brush .....under the carpet

• ignore........in the fridge

Multiple Choice

We planned a surprise birthday party for my colleague but a deliveryman accidentally ........................ to him about it.

• cooked the beans

• spilt the story

• spilt the beans

• chose the beans

Multiple Choice

I'm the coach, and I called a bad player, so I deserve ................ for this loss.

• spill the can

• to lead the can

• to have the can

• to carry the can

Multiple Choice

He has been....................... in a federal penitentiary.

• using time

• living time

• doing the nuts

• doing time

Multiple Choice

I don't believe in going ............... always. Sometimes it's better to use your common sense according to the situation.

• to read a book

• by the book

• out of the book

• next to a book

Multiple Choice

We need ......................... before someone traces the bank robbery back to us.

• to cover our prints

• to hide our fingerprints

• to overlook our tracks

• to cover our tracks

Multiple Choice

He never ..................... during the campaign.He wanted to be elected.

• put a foot wrong

• put a finger wrong

• made a foot wrong

• puts a foot wrong

Multiple Choice

The hit-and-run driver ............................to the police the day after the accident

• turned themselves in

• turnt himself in

• was turned over

• turned himself in

Multiple Choice

Only the staff in the security department knew the safe's combination and it wasn't forced open. It had ................................

• to be an outside job

• to be an inside job

• to remain inside

• to have an inside job

Multiple Choice

I thought it was time ...................... about what I'd been doing. I wanted to sleep well.

• to go clean

• to come dirty

• go dirty

• to come clean

Multiple Choice

Let's stop ....................................... and just solve the problem!

• cutting fingers at each other

• looking at our fingers

• pointing fingers at each other

• raising our fingers

Multiple Choice

Mick was ...................... with his mother because he took her car without asking.

• running water

• in clean water

• in tap water

• in hot water

Multiple Choice

The robbers tried ............................ when they heard the approaching sirens.

• to run and cut

• to cut and run

• to cut off

• to run and run