Music idioms

We're going to have a jam session later on, so don't forget to bring

• your bread and butter.

• your saxophone.

• your tennis and racket.

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Georgina says she finds it difficult to blow her own horn because she is

• a very shy person.

• not very musical.

• very proud of herself.

The prime minister wasn't polite to journalists at first, but he changed his tune when he realised

• they had a lot of influence.

• they didn't get paid much.

• they were only doing their job.

James will have to face the music when he

• goes to a concert

• goes to hospital

• goes to court

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I thought I was getting the gems for a song, but I was actually

• paying too much.

• paying less than usual.

• meant to dance as well.

The staff in our company are making a song and dance about

• how bored their receptionist seems.

• how short the new security guard is.

• how bad the coffee in the canteen is.

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The accused man said it was music to his ears when the judge said

• guilty.

• not guilty.

• life without parole.

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Once they get into the studio, the band are going to play it by ear and

• record all their old songs.

• see what they come up with.

• do whatever the producer tells them to do.

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Indira's family were very proud and they pulled out all the stops to make sure her wedding was

• as spectacular as possible.

• as cheap as possible.

• as secret as possible.

When I heard the poem, some of the lines rang a bell and

• some of them beat a drum.

• sounded very beautiful.

• I thought I'd heard it somewhere before.

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