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WorksheetsIDIOMS IN THE ADVANCED CLASS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Let’s go Dutch.
On a conference is indicating people will pay for themselves instead of one buying for the other.
On a date is indicating both guy and girl will pay for themselves instead of one buying for the other.
It costs an arm and a leg.
Something is very expensive.
Something is very cheap..
I am game.
I am up for the challenge
I am scared to do it.
Don´t beat a dead horse.
To avoid a point, to finish in a particular action that is a big deal of time or has many chances of being successful.
To belabor a point, to continue in a particular action that is a waste of time or has no chance of being successful.
A bed of roses
An useless, convinient situation
An easy, comfortable situation
Once in a blue moon
an event that happens infrequently
an event that happens frequently.
Don´t cry over spilt milk.
When you are happy about an event from the past.
When you complain about a loss from the past.
A dime in a dozen
Something common
Something rare
Go down in flames
something ending or failing slowly and perhaps speciously
something ending or failing suddenly and perhaps spectacularly
Kill two birds with one stone.
to solve two problems at once.
to make two problems at once.
A piece of cake
something is very difficult
something is very easy
As right as rain
In good order or good health, satisfactory.
In bad order or bad health, unsatisfactory
Beat around the bush
Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is comfortable
Say what you mean, usually because it is comfortable
Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable
Say what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable
Bite the bullet
To get something started with because it is inevitable
To get something off with because it is inevitable
To get something on with because it is inevitable
To get something over with because it is inevitable
Break a leg
Good luck
Go well
Get back
Good condition
Better late than never
Better to arrive never than not to be
Better to arrive late than not to come at all
Better to wake up late than to come at all
Better to go late than not to know at all
Cutting corners
Not performing a task or duty incorrectly in order to save time or money
Not performing a task or duty slowly in order to save time or money
Not performing a task or duty correctly in order to save time or money
Not performing a task or duty correctly in order to take time or money
Fit as a fiddle
Being in good health
Being in bad health
Being in poor health
Being sick
No pain, no gain
You have to work hard in order to see results
You have to work slowly in order to see results
You have to work hard in order to buy results
You have to work quickly in order to get results
Speak of the devil
When the person you have just been seeing about arrives
When the person you have just been thinking about arrives
When the person you have just been wondering about arrives
When the person you have just been talking about arrives
