C2PR1 - Unit 2 - Idioms

1) The sudden bang from the fireworks (a)   the wits out of her and she nearly dropped her phone.

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scare the wits of (someone):

to make someone feel extremely frightened

2) For a (a)   second, I thought he was serious, but then I saw the grin on his face.

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for a split second:

for an extremely small amount of time

3) He was unimpressed with the results. To put it (a)   , he called it a complete disaster.

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to put it mildly:

used for saying that the words you have chosen are not as extreme as they could have been

4) There's a lot (a)   for taking a digital detox every now and then—it really clears your mind.

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There's a lot to be said:

used for saying that there are many advantages in doing something

5) He claimed he’d missed the deadline because his alarm didn’t go off —a (a)   story, considering this is the third time it's happened.

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a likely story:

used for telling someone that you do not believe what they have just said

• 6) That was (a)   the best performance I’ve seen in years—absolutely flawless from start to finish.

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hands down:

without any doubt

7) It was a real (a)   of luck that she found her passport just an hour before heading to the airport.

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stroke of luck:

something that happens by chance and that helps you to achieve something

8) They’ve launched an ambitious project, but time (a)   whether it will actually succeed.

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time will tell:

used for saying that you will know in the future whether something is true or right