Worksheetsenglish idioms
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Don’t judge a book by its cover
Not judging something by its initial appearance
Just barely making it
Doing something at the moment of being asked
Costs an arm and a leg
Something that is overpriced or very expensive
Making a choice between two unpleasant choices
Doing something at the moment of being asked
Feeling under the weather
Being in good health
Having energy again after being tired
Not feeling well, or feeling sick
Getting a taste of your own medicine
Ignoring someone
Being treated the way that you have been treating others
Sharing information that was intended to be a secret
You have to work hard in order to see results
No pain, no gain
Once in a blue moon
Piece of cake
Something that doesn’t happen very often
Going on a wild goose chase
Once in a blue moon
Pulling someone’s leg
When the person you have just been talking about arrives
Speak of the devil
Devil’s advocate
Straight from the horse’s mouth
An issue, person, or problem that someone is trying to avoid
The last straw
The elephant in the room
Burning bridges
Everyone experiences hard and good times
Clouds on the horizon
Can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs
Through thick and thin
You can’t make everyone happy
Can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs
Like riding a bike
Having your head in the clouds
Two people who are always together
Like two peas in a pod
Go down in flames
Fit as a fiddle
Things always get worse before they get better
It’s always darkest before the dawn
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink
Letting someone off the hook
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth means...
He was born to a rich family
He was born hungry
He was born with teeth
If you take something with a pinch of salt,
you don't completely believe something because you think it's probably not true
you like your food to be salty
you think something might bring you bad luck
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 are over the moon,
you become serious about something
you are very pleased about something
you are very angry with someone
If I say “I’m going to hit the books now”,
I am going to study
I am going to take a short break from studying
I am going to throw my books away
If you go the extra mile,
you are willing to make a special effort to achieve something
you walk a bit more although you are tired just to prove that you can
you put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone
If you let the cat out of the bag,
you accidentally reveal a secret
you create a problem
you pretend to be someone you are not and you are discovered
If you hear something on the grapevine, you hear it...
from an authoritative or dependable source
from someone who heard it from someone else
while shopping at the greengrocer's
When you see eye to eye with someone,
you look extremely similar to someone
you are glad to see this person
you agree with someone completely
If something is a hot potato,
it is difficult, unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it
it is delicious and everybody wants to eat it
it is unfair competition where one side has an advantage
What's on your bucket list? Your bucket list is:
a list of things you need to pack for your holidays
a list of things you want to do before you die
a list of things you need to buy because you have run out of them
