Upstream C1 unit 3 Idioms

You certainly are ........................ today. What has got you so excited?

• full of beans

• have hit rock bottom

• crying your heart out

• looking on the bright side

So you crashed your car. ..........................., you won't have to buy petrol for a while.

• For now

• Look on the bright side

• Considering

Nobody can be cheerful all the time. Everybody ........................... once in a while.

• has a whale of time

• needs a shoulder to cry on

• has to look on the bright side 🤔

• hits rock bottom

We knew we had ....................... when we couldn't even pay our rent.

• a whale of time

• hit cloud nine

• swept off our feet

• hit rock bottom 👌

I .......................... about your going away, but I cheered up when I realised it would only be for a few weeks.

• was out and

• was down in the dumps

• was down and out

• was double-crossed

The wedding was rather long, but we ........................ at the reception.

• did our best

• had a whale of time

• went Dutch

• were prim and proper

Don't ................! Go and ask somebody to dance with you.

• be a wet blanket

• be a crywolf

• be a nosey parker

• be a scatterbrain

My mother loves to tell the story of about how she was the one that .............. my father ..................!

• swept of one's feet

• put her heart on her sleeve

• put someone on the rocks

My brother .................... ever since his girlfriend agreed to marry him.

• has been on cloud nine

• has been crazy happy

• down in the dumps

• has had a golden smile

• has been on cloud seven

My babysitter ........................ when her goldfish died.

• cried her heart out

• was swept off her feet

• was on cloud nine

• was full of beans 👍