Advanced IDIOMS

It's true Jack can be very critical. He is always .................... aspersions

on everyone else's ability to run the business.

• PUTTING

• CASTING

• DRAWING

• APPLYING

She's very unhappy all alone with her problems. She's got nobody

to................... their ear.

• PICK

• LET

• BEND

• SPEAK

Don't throw that basket away! It may still .................... in handy when we

go picking mushrooms.

• FIND

• RUN

• COME

• GIVE

No matter how I tried to convince him that I was right, he ................. his

ground dismissing all my arguments

• THOUGHT

• FIXED

• CLAIMED

• STOOD

The performance in the National Theatre really.................... the house

down last night. The actors were give a standing ovation.

• TOOK

• BROUGHT

• LEFT

• SET

Sadly, my tutor gave me a poor mark for my piece of writing. She told me

I had .................... too many liberties with the real facts.

• PLACED

• MADE

• TAKEN

• FOUND

What the secretary says doesn't necessarily .................... much weight,

but you should never disobey your director's instructions.

• PLAY

• CARRY

• HOLD

• MEAN

It....................to reason that the princess won't arrive unless you send her

a formal invitation.

• gets

• comes

• stands

• lays

It may take a long time before Mary .................. herself together after her

mother's death

• brings

• finds

• draws

• pulls

According to the verdict, the boy will be removed from school on the

grounds of .................... dirty tricks on the teachers and other pupils.

• working

• driving

• playing

• committing