Idioms

Question 1

No longer able to do something well because of age

Answer 1

To be over the hill

Question 2

Be ungrateful

Answer 2

To bite the hand that feeds you

Question 3

= pisar em ovos

Answer 3

To be skating on thin ice

Question 4

= queimar o filme de alguém

Answer 4

To salt one’s game

Question 5

Don’t talk about a bad situation that most people have forgotten about

Answer 5

Let sleeping dogs lie

Question 6

A person who gets up or arrives early

Answer 6

An early bird

Question 7

A person who prefers to be awake and active at night

Answer 7

A night owl

Question 8

Completely unexpected

Answer 8

Out of the blue

Question 9

Unusual

Answer 9

Once in a blue moon

Question 10

Never

Answer 10

When pigs fly

Question 11

Used for wishing someone good luck

Answer 11

Break a leg

Question 12

When the person you were talking about appears unexpectedly

Answer 12

Speak of the devil

Question 13

Tell a secret

Answer 13

Let the cat out of the bag

Question 14

When you want to know what the other person is thinking, usually because they have been quiet for a while

Answer 14

A penny for your thoughts

Question 15

Trying to do something in a way that will not work

Answer 15

Barking up the wrong tree

Question 16

Very expensive

Answer 16

It costs an arm and a leg

Question 17

Succeed in achieving two things in a single action

Answer 17

To kill two birds with one stone

Question 18

When you feel ill

Answer 18

To feel under the weather

Question 19

To do something in the easiest, cheapest or fastest way

Answer 19

To cut corners

Question 20

To make an argument or bad situation worse

Answer 20

Add fuel to the fire

Question 21

Agree with each othee

Answer 21

See eye to eye

Question 22

A situation in which you can enjoy the advantages of two very different things at the same time

Answer 22

The best of both worlds

Question 23

Show that you cannot know what something or someone is like by looking only at their appearance

Answer 23

Can’t judge a book by it’s cover

Question 24

Describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

Answer 24

Hit the nail on the head

Question 25

Really easy

Answer 25

Piece of cake / A walk in the park

Question 26

A misfortune that eventually results in something good happening later on

Answer 26

A blessing in disguise

Question 27

Stop working on something

Answer 27

To call it a day

Question 28

To allow someone, who have been caught, to not be punished

Answer 28

Let someone of the hook

Question 29

You have to work hard for something you want

Answer 29

No pain no gain

Question 30

Decide to do something unpleasant that tou have been avoiding doing

Answer 30

Bite the bullet

Question 31

Being treated the same unpleasant way you have treated others

Answer 31

Getting a taste of your own medicine

Question 32

To ignore someone

Answer 32

Giving someone the cold shoulder

Question 33

The final source of irritation for someone to finally lose patience

Answer 33

The last straw

Question 34

Matter or problem that is obvious of great importance but that is not discussed openly

Answer 34

The elephant in the room

Question 35

Taking credit for someone else’s achievements

Answer 35

Stealing someone’s thunder

Question 36

Is only attracted to

Answer 36

Only has eyes for

Question 37

Loves very much

Answer 37

Loves to bits

Question 38

Fell deeply in love

Answer 38

Fell head over heels

Question 39

Get on very well

Answer 39

Get on like a house on fire

Question 40

To be fond of

Answer 40

To have a soft spot

Question 41

Annoys me (4)

Answer 41

Gets up my nose / Gets on my wick / Gets on my nerves / Gets my back up

Question 42

To be an expert in it's field

Answer 42

Knows their stuff

Question 43

The most intelligent person somewhere

Answer 43

The brains behind...

Question 44

A rich source of information

Answer 44

A mine of information

Question 45

Intelligence, brains

Answer 45

Grey matter

Question 46

Is very clever

Answer 46

Nobody's fool

Question 47

Have no idea

Answer 47

Haven't a clue/the foggiest (idea)

Question 48

Talks well and persuasively

Answer 48

Has the gift of the gab

Question 49

Able to talk for hours

Answer 49

Can talk the hind legs off a donkey

Question 50

Someone who shows off their cleverness in an irritating way

Answer 50

Know-all / Smart aleck

Question 51

Extremely stupid (2)

Answer 51

Has got nothing between the ears / To be as thick as two short planks

Question 52

When you have to explain things to the person several times

Answer 52

To be slow on the uptake

Question 53

Deceive someone

Answer 53

Pull the wool over someone's eyes

Question 54

Can't understand

Answer 54

Can't make head or tail of

Question 55

Stupid

Answer 55

To be one sandwich short of a picnic / One cell short of a battery / One slice short of a loaf / Several bricks short of a load

Question 56

To be extremely happy (4)

Answer 56

To be on top of the world / To be on cloud nine / To be in seventh heaven / Over the moon

Question 57

To be ideally suited for (2)

Answer 57

To be in (your) element / To be made for

Question 58

To be enthusiastic about

Answer 58

To rave about

Question 59

To look irritatingly pleased with yourself

Answer 59

To look like the cat that got the cream

Question 60

To be depressed (2)

Answer 60

To be down in the dumps / Down in the mouth

Question 61

To be lost in a daydream

Answer 61

To be in a world of her own

Question 62

A good person with an abrupt manner

Answer 62

Rough diamond

Question 63

Always says exactly what they thinks without trying to be diplomatic

Answer 63

Never minces their words

Question 64

Behaves in a way that does not help itself

Answer 64

To be your own worst enemy

Question 65

Is not influenced by other

Answer 65

Is very much it's own person

Question 66

Can easily be persuaded

Answer 66

To have a soft touch

Question 67

Someone who hides their skills

Answer 67

A dark horse

Question 68

Gain a full understanding of

Answer 68

Get the measure of

Question 69

Very miserable

Answer 69

As miserable as sin