Idioms 3

There's a (a)   22 in finding a job. You need experience to get work and you need work to get experience.

The only fly in the _______ is Bella's lack of concentration.

• honey

• ointment

• jam

• sky

You'd never win if you went to court. Our lawyers said you wouldn't have _______ to stand on.

• a leg

• legs

• a foot

• feet

He realized that he was in over his (a)   , and that only his family could help him.

I was hoping to get my career back on track after a bad time, but as it turned out, I'd gone out of the ______ _______ into the fire.

(a)  

It was a classic (a)   goal by the fashion house. They brought their prices down to attract more customers but lost the high-end customers that they already had.

There are bound to be _______ problems in a new marriage.

• teeth

• toothless

• teething

• toothed

'You can come out now,' he called. 'The _______ is clear. She's gone!'

• sky

• place

• coast

• horizon

Poor households were still feeling the (a)   and new taxes on fuel made matters even worse.

What they lacked in military power, they made up for in deep (a)   .