WorksheetsREADING idioms
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
My wife is a real (a) . She is always reading.
(An enthusiastic reader)
Never evaluate by appearance.
(a)
I don’t know what she is planning but she is definitely planning something. I can read my wife (a) . (I know her very well)
follow the rules
do everything by the book
take a leaf out of your one’s book
cook the books
Turn the phrase "I can't put it down" into an adjective
(a)
I don’t think Mary was being critical when she said your speech was short. I think you are _______ (thinking the worst or over-analysing)
reading too much into it
cooking the books
reading between the lines
The restaurant was ok but nothing to write _ (a) about. (Not impressive)
The letter says that they really want to come bt, reading between the _ (a) , I don’t think they do.
(The implied meaning is something else)
Honest and transparent
an open book
a real bookworm
a real page-turner
A very obvious and well known tactic:
he oldest _ (a) in the book
James was a terrible drunk and totally irresponsible when he was younger but he has since turned over a new (a) and is now a very responsible person. (Changed his behaviour)
Disapprove of:
be in one's bad books
throw the book at smb
read smb like a book
She didn’t have any warning about the presentation and had to give it off th _ (a) .
(Improvised and unprepared)
