Collocations-Idioms 5

That argument quite frankly doesn´t h_____ _____! It´s ridiculous. ( tener sentido )

• hold water

• have sence

• hold reason

• have reasons

This was the third year i__ _______ that they won the tournament. ( uno tras otro )

• in turn

• in sequence

• in row

• in succession

Strawberries cost a lot at the moment because they´re not i___ ________. ( en temporada )

• in time

• in season

• in fruit

• in order

I feel like I´m i___ a _______. I seem to be doing the same thing all the time. ( atrapado en una rutina )

• in a routina

• in a route

• in a rut

• in a root

It´s no use talking to Janice. It just goes i___ ___ ___ and ___ ___ _____. ( ignorar consejo / en una oreja y sale de la otra )

• into the ear and not into the brain

• in the ear and out again

• in one ear and out the other

• in the air and not in the ear

Really, Dorothy, I think you`re m_____ a ______ ____ ___ a __________. ( hacer una montaña de un grano de arena )

• making a big deal about a nothing

• making a lot about a mountain

• making a mountain out of sand

• making a mountain out of a molehill

He was retired but he taught an evening class just to k____ his ____ ____. ( seguir practicando )

• keep his hand in

• keep his business up

• keep his skills in

• keep his job practice

“How far is it to London?” “ About ten miles as t___ ______ _____.” ( en linea recta )

• as the cow goes

• as the crow flies

• as the arrow shoots

• as the straight line

I only asked you a question. There´s no need to b____ my _____ ____! ( echarle la bronca )

• beat my ears down

• break my ears up

• bite my head off

• break my head off

The police suspected that the robbery was an i_____ ____ . ( crimen interno )

• internal crime

• inside crime

• internal job

• inside job