Idiom workout Flashcards

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Which idiom means the following?

To be open, honest and without trickery

A

To be above board

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Which idiom means the following?

too difficult to understand

A

above someone’s head

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Which idiom means the following?

things go wrong at some time in everyone’s life

A

accidents will happen

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Which idiom means the following?

to do well

A

to give a good account of oneself

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5
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Which idiom means the following?

the one weak spot in a person

A

Achilles’ heel

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Which idiom means the following?

applying to everyone or to all cases

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across the board

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Which idiom means the following?

a happening, usually sudden and unexpected, for which no human can be held responsible

A

an act of God

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Which idiom means the following?

to get organized

A

get one’s act together

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Which idiom means the following?

to be involved in something, get a share of something

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get a piece of or slice of the action

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