Figurative Speech

Let's not fight anymore. We forget what happened and become friends again. As the saying goes.....

• let's bury the hatches

• don't cry over split milk

• look before you leap

• don't judge a book by its cover

She is rich with a lot of money because she was....

• born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

• penny wise but pound foolish.

• born on a bed of roses.

• living in a glass houses.

When the teacher left the class, the pupils started being noisy. As the saying goes, ___________

• union is strength.

• he who plays with fire gets burnt.

• when the cat's away, the mice will play.

• the pen is mightier than sword

Even though we lost the match, it brought all the players closer. As the saying goes________.

• union is strength.

• the best things in life are free.

• every cloud has a silver lining.

• where there's a will there's a way

Mike decided to solve his problem before it got worse. As the saying goes ______.

• a stitch in time saves nine.

• two wrongs don't make a right.

• you can't teach an old dog new tricks

• failure teaches success

You better hurry up or you will miss the bus. As the saying goes_____.

• haste make waste

• time and tide wait for no man

• better late than never

• prevention is better than cure.

If you want to improve your piano playing, you should practice often. As the saying goes______.

• knowledge is power

• necessity is the mother of invention.

• practice makes perfect.

• Rome was not built in a day

I don't think you should go on this trip. I have a _____ that something bad will happen.

• out of the blue

• nest egg

• gut feeling

• dry run

They ____ on the project because it was going nowhere.

• run out of steam

• turn a blind eye

• saved by the bell

• pulled the leg

The children had a ______ at the amusement park.

• field day

• water under the bridge

• loose cannon

• nest egg