EmSaT Idioms Review

I’m sure I passed the exam easily, it was ___!

• A hot potato
• A sweet tooth
• A fish out of water
• A piece of cake

There’s no rush to leave, slow down and ___!

• curiosity killed the cat
• you are what you eat
• hold your horses
• face the music

We ___ at the party, nobody wanted to leave because it was so much fun.

• cried over spilt milk
• had a ball
• missed the boat
• were snowed under

Why do you think I took your phone? I would never do that. You are ___.

• a fish out of water
• barking up the wrong tree
• on the ball
• raining cats and dogs

This new handbag is beautiful but it will ___ - I’m not sure you have enough money.

• cost an arm and a leg
• ring a bell
• take a rain check
• see eye to eye

Mouza is always talking and I can never study with her, she ___.

• is in the same boat
• faces the music
• is what she eats
• drives me up the wall

Your name ___, have I met you before?

• misses the boat
• is in the dark
• rings a bell
• kills two birds with one stone

I can’t talk to you now. I am completely ___ because I have so much work to do!

• on the ball
• snowed under
• a piece of cake
• a hot potato

I need to buy Miss Kasia some chocolate, she has such  ___.

• a sweet tooth
• a hot potato
• a blue moon
• a fish out of water

I really love being ___, the journey is the best part of travelling.

• under the weather
• in the dark
• snowed under
• on the road