WorksheetsGuess the Phrase!
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 6mins
"When a lobster whistles on the top of a mountain." [Russian: Когда рак на горе свистнет]
to calm down
When pigs fly!
to think something over
"I only understand 'train station'" [German: Ich versteh' nur Bahnhof]
Hang in there!
to blow something up
I don't understand anything
"In the mouth of the wolf" [Italian: In bocca al lupo]
So far so good!
Good Luck!
The early bird gets the worm
"Not all that have claws are lions" [Swahili: Si kila mwenye makucha huwa simba]
Don't judge a book by it's cover!
Live and learn
to put up with something
Repetition can teach even a donkey [Arabic: التكرار يعلّم الحمار. (it-tikraar yi3allim il-humaar.)]
to grow up
A picture is worth a 1000 words
Practise makes perfect!
You've been telling porkies again! [Cockney Rhyming Slang: Porky Pies]
to tell lies
to hit 2 birds with 1 stone
to hang up the phone
"Stop ironing my head!" [Armenian: Գլուխս մի՛ արդուկիր (glukhs mi՛ ardukeer)]
Once in a blue moon/ not very often
to break the ice
Stop annoying me!
"Dumplings instead of flowers" [Japanese: 花より団子 (hana yori dango)]
function is better than looks
save it for a rainy day
to pass out
"Ride an elefant to catch a grasshopper" [Thai: ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน (K̄hī̀cĥāngcạbtạ́ktæn)]
to break up with someone
to feel under the weather/ to feel sick
Putting in a lot of work and getting little back
