Empower C1 Unit 1 Idioms

try very hard to overcome opposition and get something you want

• have a nose for something

• a safe pair of hands

• fight tooth and nail

• stick one's neck out

be good at finding a specific thing

• have a nose for something

• to fight tooth and nail

• to be head and shoulders above

• stick one's neck out

stop yourself from saying something

• lose one's head

• bite one's tongue

• a safe pair of hands

• stick one's neck out

lose control of your behaviour

• lose one's head

• bite one's tongue

• a safe pair of hands

• stick one's neck out

be a lot better than other competitors

• to have a nose for something

• bite one's tongue

• to be head and shoulders above something

• stick one's neck out

There's no competition - they're ___________ the rest.

• head and shoulders above

• lose their heads

• a safe pair of hands

• fight tooth and nail

We ____________ to get the route of the new road changed.

• bit our tongues

• lost our heads

• a safe pair of hands

• fought tooth and nail

He usually stays quite calm in meetings but this time he just __________.

• lost his head

• lost our heads

• a safe pair of hands

• fought tooth and nail

I’m really ___________ by investing my money in this idea.

• having a nose

• sticking my neck out

• a safe pair of hands

• fighting tooth and nail

I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to __________.