IDIOMS

If something is a hot potato,

• It's delicious and everybody wants to eat it.

• It is difficult, unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it.

• It is an unfair competition where one side has an advantange

If you say that something costs an arm and a leg,

• It's extremely cheap

• It is not worth the money

• It is very expensive

If you go the extra mile,

• you walk a bit more although you are tired just to prove that you can

• you are willing to make a special effort to achieve something

• you put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone

If you speak/talk of the devil,

• the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears

• you talk directly about a hot issue

• you say something bad about someone

What's on your bucket list? Your bucket list is:

• a list of things you want to do before you die

• a list of things you need to pack for your holidays

• a list of things you need to buy because you have run out of them

If you are over the moon

• you become serious about something

• you are very pleased about something

• you are very angry with someone

If you let the cat out of the bag,

• you pretend to be someone you are not and you are discovered

• you accidentally reveal a secret

• you create a problem

If you hit the sack,

• you win the lottery

• you give up a sport because you feel you are not good enough

• you go to bed because you are very tired

If you say that something is a piece of cake,

• it is very sweet

• it is very good but very few people know it

• it is very easy to do

If I say “I’m going to hit the books now”,

• am I going to take a short break from studying?

• am I going to throw my books away?

• am I going to study?