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WorksheetsCommon Idioms 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Adding insult to injury
Calling someone a name after hurting them
Making a bad situation even worse
Having a doctor insult you
Back to the drawing board
Time to learn how to draw
Going back to a simpler time when we could draw pictures instead of write
This idea failed, so start all over again
The ball is in your court
You must really like basketball
It is up to you to make the next move
It's time to play tennis
A blessing in disguise
Someone who dresses up like a minister
Words of encouragement in another language
Something that may seem bad at first but works out for good
You can't judge a book by its cover
You can't judge something or someone on appearance alone
You can't act like you're smart because you carry big books
You can't judge someone by comparing them to a book
It costs an arm and a leg
It is very expensive
It is very cheap
It is bloody and messy
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
We will do the most obvious thing to do
We will overcome our fear of high places
We will deal with the problem when it's absolutely necessary, but not before then
Don't cry over spilled milk
It's really funny when you make a mess
Don't make the problem even bigger (adding tears to the milk)
Don't complain or worry about something in the past you can't change
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Don't waste time on basic mathematics
Don't make plans for something that might not happen
Don't be a chicken farmer because there's no money in it
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Don't pin all your resources or hopes on one possibility
Don't carry so many things at once or they'll spill
Don't take on such a heavy load in life
Every cloud has a silver lining
Even a difficult situation will have some good in it
Look at the clouds until you see something shiny
If you dream high enough you will make some good money
Jump on the bandwagon
Show athletic skill and ability
Show a love of good music
Join a popular trend or activity
Kill two birds with one stone
Display extreme cruelty to animals
Accomplish two different things at the same time
Prove to be an expert in marksmanship
That's the last straw
We're out of straws now -- you'll have to sip your drink
That is the final irritation that stretches my patience beyond the limit
We're down to almost no supplies, so we'll have to share
Let the cat out of the bag
Share information that had been secret
Rescue an animal from cruel treatment
Surprise your friends with something unexpected
Not playing with a full deck
Not enough people are involved (like a partially empty deck of a ship)
Not having enough to eat, so not full enough
Lacking in intelligence or the ability to think
Once in a blue moon
About once a month
Something that hardly ever happens
Never (because the moon is gray)
Being on the ball
Doing something tricky (like balancing on a rolling object)
Being a ball-hog in sports
Demonstrating great ability at a task
A taste of your own medicine
When you're a sick doctor and have to write your own prescription
When you don't like the taste of your food because it reminds you of medicine
When something negative is done to you that you've done to others
Actions speak louder than words
Our true character shows more by what we do than by what we say
We make more noise when we do things than when we talk to each other
The action scenes in a movie are usually louder than the dialogue (talking scenes)
