Idioms LT2

Question 1

water under the bridge

Answer 1

A past occurrence, especially something unfortunate, that cannot be undone or rectified

Question 2

bee’s knees

Answer 2

Something that’s excellent

Question 3

chip on your shoulder

Answer 3

a tendency to be easily angered or upset

Question 4

beat the dead horse

Answer 4

Try to revive interest in a hopeless issue

Question 5

buy me a lemon

Answer 5

something faulty?

Question 6

cry over spilt milk

Answer 6

To pointlessly lament a misfortune that cannot be undone.

Question 7

tongue in cheek

Answer 7

without really meaning what one is saying or writing.

Question 8

kick the bucket

Answer 8

to die

Question 9

bag of bones

Answer 9

a lean creature

Question 10

steal one’s thunder

Answer 10

when someone takes something or an idea that is yours and uses it as their own

Question 11

hit the nail on the head

Answer 11

To be absolutely right.

Question 12

big nose

Answer 12

a person leads with his nose, or sticks his nose where it doesn’t belong

Question 13

drink like a fish

Answer 13

to drink alcohol excessively; to be in the habit of drinking alcohol excessively

Question 14

dark horse

Answer 14

someone or something whose abilities, plans, or feelings are little known to others

Question 15

saved by the bell

Answer 15

saved by the timely intervention of someone or something

Question 16

can of worms

Answer 16

A complex or difficult problem.

Question 17

off the hook

Answer 17

Freed, as from blame or a vexatious obligation

Question 18

barrel of laughs

Answer 18

something or someone who is very funny

Question 19

beat around the bush

Answer 19

To fail to come to the important point about something; from the idea of a hunted animal hiding in a bush while the hunter is too timorous to follow it in there.