Idioms 5

You shouldn't worry about the exam because you have prepared well and you'll probably find it a piece of cake.

• easy to digest

• easy to read

• easy to start

• very easy

The trouble with you is that you are a bit selfish and your sole philosophy is to have your cake and eat it.

• expect too much of life

• lead a life of pleasure

• spend your life eating

• eat too much

When he heard that the necklace had been stolen, he dropped it like a hot potato.

• he let it fall from his hands

• he suddenly lost interest in it

• he gave it to somebody else

• he hid it in the fridge

He sits and watches TV all day and has turned into a veritable couch potato.

• a good sleeper

• an enthusiast

• a very lazy person

• a deep thinker

Thanks to you we're really in the soup now and I don't honestly know why I ever listen to you.

• in an interesting situation

• in deep trouble

• in an unusual situation

• in rough water

As he had been away from home for some years, they decided on his return to cook the fatted calf.

• have a big celebration

• go out for a meal

• employ a top chef

• eat as much as they liked

There's something very fishy about that story he told us because I can't quite get to the bottom of it.

• to do with the sea

• connected with fish

• suspicious

• strong smelling

Their mother always describes her twin sons as like two peas in a pod.

• both round in shape

• both full of fun

• both saying the same thing

• both looking exactly alike

After what he said and after what has happened he certainly seems to have got egg on his face.

• have made a fool of himself

• have lost a lot of money

• have said the wrong thing

• have made the wrong decision

He always took advice from his parents about being careful and never put all his eggs in one basket.

• carried too much in one hand

• relied too much on one plan

• decided to do anything dangerous

• planned anything exciting