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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
If something is a hot potato,
It's delicious and everybody wants to eat it.
It is difficult, unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it.
It is an unfair competition where one side has an advantange
If you say that something costs an arm and a leg,
It's extremely cheap
It is not worth the money
It is very expensive
If you go the extra mile,
you walk a bit more although you are tired just to prove that you can
you are willing to make a special effort to achieve something
you put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone
If you speak/talk of the devil,
the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears
you talk directly about a hot issue
you say something bad about someone
What's on your bucket list? Your bucket list is:
a list of things you want to do before you die
a list of things you need to pack for your holidays
a list of things you need to buy because you have run out of them
If you are over the moon
you become serious about something
you are very pleased about something
you are very angry with someone
If you let the cat out of the bag,
you pretend to be someone you are not and you are discovered
you accidentally reveal a secret
you create a problem
If you hit the sack,
you win the lottery
you give up a sport because you feel you are not good enough
you go to bed because you are very tired
If you say that something is a piece of cake,
it is very sweet
it is very good but very few people know it
it is very easy to do
If I say “I’m going to hit the books now”,
am I going to take a short break from studying?
am I going to throw my books away?
am I going to study?
