Idioms

Exercise

Below each underlined idiom write the letter of the correct meaning.

a) Dangerous situation f) hide something

b) all the time g) adopt good tactics

c) do something that has already been done h) bureaucracy

d) no conditions i) being discouraging

e) refused to j) experimental subject

1.- They should never have tried to sweep that pollution scandal under the carpet. ( f )

2.- That company will go bankrupt if they don´t cut some red tape. ( h )

3.- At the end of our presentation, he spent ten minutes pouring cold water on our proposal. ( i )

4.- The head of research herself agreed to be the guinea pig for the trials on the new drug. ( j )

5.- We agreed to do exercises every morning but we drew the line at wearing the company uniform. ( e )

6.- We must be very careful about promoting ourselves as an ethical company - we´re in a minefield! ( a )

7.- Chivers is going to damage his health - he´s been working round the clock. ( b )

8.- It´s yours for a million and no strings attached. ( d )

9.- They could get the contract if they play their cards right. ( g )

10.- We don´t want to reinvent the wheel. ( c )

** REFLECTION:

Idioms are one of my favorite things in english. I like to learned more vocabulary and this kind of word is really useful to watch movies and understand everything that the people say.

** SOURCE:

Flinders, Steve. (1997) PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH. Business: Intermediate. England: Penguin English Guides. Pages 36 and 37.