4TR P3

Question 1

Stubborn as a donkey

Answer 1

refusing to change your actions or opinions.

Question 2

Have kittens

Answer 2

to be very worried, upset, or angry about something

Question 3

Flog a dead horse

Answer 3

to waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding

Question 4

Sheep in wolf’s clothing

Answer 4

a person with a pleasant and friendly appearance that hides the fact that they are evil

Question 5

Let sleeping dogs lie

Answer 5

warn someone that they should not talk about a bad situation that most people have forgotten about

Question 6

Like water off a ducks back

Answer 6

A potentially hurtful remark or situation that has no apparent effect on the person involved.

Question 7

Put the cat among the pigeons

Answer 7

say or do something that is likely to cause trouble or controversy

Question 8

Take the bull by the horns

Answer 8

to deal with a difficult situation in a very direct way

Question 9

Have a bee in one’s bonnet

Answer 9

to talk and think a lot about something

Question 10

Elephant in the room

Answer 10

there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.

Question 11

One-trick pony

Answer 11

a person or thing with only one special feature, talent, or area of expertise

Question 12

Let the cat out of the bag

Answer 12

reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake

Question 13

Quit cold turkey

Answer 13

when the quitting brings physical symptoms of withdrawal, as with heroin or other highly addictive drugs.

Question 14

Like a fish out of water

Answer 14

someone who is uncomfortable in a specific situation

Question 15

Ants in your pants

Answer 15

Be extremely restless, uneasy, impatient, or anxious

Question 16

Open a can of worms

Answer 16

you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.

Question 17

Wild goose chase

Answer 17

A foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.

Question 18

The world is your oyster

Answer 18

You are in a position to take the opportunities that life has to offer.

Question 19

Dog-eat-dog

Answer 19

a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people:

Question 20

Get your ducks in a row

Answer 20

to be well prepared or well organized for something that is going to happen

Question 21

Hold your horses

Answer 21

wait, slow down

Question 22

Puppy love

Answer 22

romantic love that a young person feels for someone else, which usually disappears as the young person becomes older

Question 23

Shooting fish in a barrel

Answer 23

one side in a battle or contest is so much stronger than the other that the weaker side has no chance at all of winning

Question 24

Like a bull in a China shop

Answer 24

they are very careless in the way that they move or behave:

Question 25

Butterflies in one’s stomach

Answer 25

you are anxious and have a nervous feeling in your stomach

Question 26

Can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Answer 26

it is very difficult to teach someone new skills or to change someone's habits or character

Question 27

All bark, no bite

Answer 27

Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious

Question 28

Get someone’s goat

Answer 28

to upset or irritate someone

Question 29

Fish or cut bait

Answer 29

to make a decision

Question 30

Watch like a hawk

Answer 30

observe them very carefully

Question 31

New method or idea

Answer 31

Innovation

Question 32

The first version of something

Answer 32

Prototype

Question 33

System of providing fresh air to a room or building

Answer 33

Ventilation

Question 34

Easily broken

Answer 34

Fragile

Question 35

Pour liquid into a premade shape so it hardens and makes something solid

Answer 35

Cast

Question 36

Flattened

Answer 36

Compressed

Question 37

Overlook

Question 38

Oversee

Question 39

Have similar views or attitudes to something

Answer 39

See eye to eye

Question 40

Wait and see

Question 41

Look someone in the eye

Question 42

Be in the Lookout

Question 43

Look into

Answer 43

Investigate

Question 44

See about

Answer 44

Prepare, attend or deal with something

Question 45

Look up to someone

Question 46

Action of knowing and identifying something or someone

Answer 46

Recognition

Question 47

Cause something to happen

Answer 47

Trigger

Question 48

Technology that allows digital information to be viewed on top of something real

Answer 48

Augmented reality

Question 49

Digital content that is placed on top of a reality on a smart phone screen

Answer 49

Aura

Question 50

Put one thing on top of another

Answer 50

Overlay

Question 51

Mark or label something

Answer 51

Tag up

Question 52

The optimist sees the world through rose colored glasses

Question 53

The pessimist always sees dark cloud on the horizon

Question 54

The glass is half full

Question 55

There’s light at the end of the tunnel

Question 56

Every cloud has a silver lining

Answer 56

Every bad situation has some advantage

Question 57

Look on the bright side

Question 58

The glass is half empty

Question 59

There’s no hope in sight

Question 60

If something bad can happen, it will