Collocations and Idioms 6

You have to be ______ your ______   to keep current with technology. ( espabilado )

• on your top

• over your top

• on your toes

• over your time

You´ll be  on  the _______ if the boss learns you didn´t do you project. ( Tirado, sin escusa )

• on the carpet

• on the corner

• on the creek

• on the crack

After a week of being ___ ____  _____ , he finally gave himself up to the police. ( fugitivo )

• out of time

• over the hill

• on his own

• on the run

He was a natural singer with a voice that was as  ______ as a  ______. ( fuerte y claro )

• cool as a cat

• strong as a note

• clear as a bell

• crystal as a singer

He might look kind and sweet, but deep down he´s as _____ as  ______. ( como el acero )

• as hard as nails

• as nice as noses

• as horrible as bears

• as sure as steel

“Your drunk!”   “No, I´m not. I´m as ________ as a _______.” ( Sobrio como un juez )

• stern as a judge

• serious as a judge

• sober as a judge

• sweet as a judge

Am I nervous? No way. Look at my hand – it´s as _______ as a _______. ( firme como una roca )

• still as a stone

• strong as a rock

• sturdy as a steel

• steady as a rock

The reality of moving ____ me like a ____ of _____ when we left the town. ( Fuertemente, impactante )

• struck me like a truck of cement

• hit me like a ton of bricks

• hurt me like a bunch of rocks

• stopped me like a load of stones

News of the strike  ______ like ________ throughout the factory. ( propagarse como el fuego )

• swept like flames

• sped like fire

• spread like wildfire

• sparked like fireworks

She was so frightened that she was _________ like a ______. ( Temblando )

• shivering like a stick

• moving like a tree

• trembling like a flower

• shaking like a leaf