Fill in the blanks.
1. She was not at all impressed when I told her that she looked old in that outfit. Me and my …………………… mouth!
Used to refer to a person who talks too much, especially about things that should be secret
2. I really want to help you, but my ………………………. are tied.
When your hands are tied, something prevents you from doing what you would normally have the power to do.
3. My …………………….. goes out to the families of the kids who died in the mishap.
When your heart goes out to someone, you feel great sympathy for them.
4. She might come across as a snobbish woman, but I’m sure she has her ………………………… in the right place.
To have your heart in the right place is to have right intentions.
5. Your ……………………….. isn’t in it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t make so many silly mistakes.
If your heart isn't in something you're doing, you don't really want to do it or you make numerous mistakes.
6. He started preparing for the exams months in advance and that sort of gave him a ……………………… start.
If you have a head start, you start doing something ahead of others.
7. Almost all of us have a ……………………. in the closet.
To have a skeleton in the closet is to hide a shocking secret about yourself.
8. Most of our politicians are ………………………… skinned.
If you have a thick skin you don’t get upset when people criticize you.
9. He escaped from the burning building by the ……………………… of his teeth.
If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it.
10. He did really well on the TOEFL test after he got his ……………………….. into learning English.
To get your teeth into something is to get completely involved in it.
11. You may not have liked what I said, but that doesn’t mean that you’ve to jump down my ………………………...
To jump down someone’s throat is to react angrily to something that they say or do.
12. Look at her garden. Beautiful, isn’t it? She really has a
If you have a green thumb, you are very good at gardening.
Answers
- She was not at all impressed when I told her that she looked old in that outfit. Me and my big mouth!
- I really want to help you, but my hands are tied.
- My heart goes out to the families of the kids who died in the mishap.
- She might come across as a snobbish woman, but I’m sure she has her heart in the right place.
- Your heart isn’t in it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t make so many silly mistakes.
- He started preparing for the exams months in advance and that sort of gave him a head start.
- Almost all of us have a skeleton in the closet.
- Most of our politicians are thick skinned.
- He escaped from the burning building by the skin of his teeth.
- He did really well on the TOEFL test after he got his teeth into learning English.
- You may not have liked what I said, but that doesn’t mean that you’ve to jump down my throat.
- Look at her garden. Beautiful, isn’t it? She really has a green thumb.
