idioms - advanced

what idiom is used to describe a person who has promised to keep a secret? 

•  lips are sealed 
• a lump in the throat 
• got a gift of the gab 
• lead up a garden path 

which idiom is used to describe a person who is scared?

• green fingers

• hair stood on end

• cooking the books

• butterflies in my stomach

a person who forgets to do something would say.........

• i was given the sack 
• i was tickled pink 
• it slipped my mind 
• i blew my top 

a person who became suddenly very angry would say...

• in a rut

• hot under the collar

• green fingers

• lump in my throat

Attack someone in a way that you know will harm them most

• go for the jugular

• blood runs cold

• have a lump in one's throat

• have one's back to the wall

If you lose your job, it means you____

• are at a loose end 
• were given the sack 
• are at the end of your tether 
• have been cooking the books 

if you are dismissed from your job because you were caught cooking the books, it means>>>

• spoke terribly about the head of the company 
• stole money from the company 
• altered the accounts of a company in order to deceive
• were violent and insolent with authority

This idiom means that you are suspicious about something. 

• i smell a rat 
• there are no flies on me 
• i have got butterflies in my stomach 
• i have lost my head 

if you need to economize and stop spending alot of money, you can say...

• i need to tighten my belt
• i need to cook the books 
• i need to blow my top 
• i need to butter my fingers 

someone who is very sad and is about to start crying is can be described as having ____

• lost her head 
• the gift of the gab 
• green fingers 
• a lump in her throat