Idioms 3

Question 1

when the police is able to prevent a crime or seize a criminal based on information they received

Answer 1

to act on a tip-off

Question 2

an official investigation

Answer 2

an inquiry into

Question 3

to steal and escape with something

Answer 3

to make off with something

Question 4

to have dealings with the police for a minor crime

Answer 4

to have a brush with the law

Question 5

to have a hidden number of something

Answer 5

a cache of

Question 6

a judge announces in a court of law what sentence a criminal will receive

Answer 6

to hand down a sentence/to pass sentence

Question 7

money paid to somebody who threatens to hurt or blackmail the other person

Answer 7

protection money

Question 8

when an appeal or decision is rejected

Answer 8

to be quashed

Question 9

something is now old and not in very good condition

Answer 9

it has seen better days

Question 10

to stop a vehicle

Answer 10

to draw up

Question 11

a sharp bend in the road, where the road turns back in opposite direction

Answer 11

hairpin bend

Question 12

to brake quickly and suddenly

Answer 12

to hit/slam on the brakes

Question 13

to pass through a traffic light that is red

Answer 13

to jump a red light

Question 14

to go up on the pavement (sidewalk) while driving

Answer 14

to mount the pavement

Question 15

to change into reverse gear

Answer 15

to put a car into reverse

Question 16

to damage a car so badly that repairing it would cost more than buying a new one

Answer 16

to write a car off

Question 17

when somebody visits somebody’s home and eats all the food in the house

Answer 17

to eat somebody out of house and home

Question 18

to eat something very quickly, often because they are very hungry or in a hurry

Answer 18

to wolf something down

Question 19

to eat your food very slowly and without enthusiasm

Answer 19

to pick at your food

Question 20

to feel a little hungry

Answer 20

to be/feel peckish

Question 21

the cupboard in the kitchen where food is kept

Answer 21

the larder

Question 22

to do some kind of physical activity which makes you hungry

Answer 22

to work up an appetite

Question 23

to be extremely thirsty

Answer 23

to be gasping for a drink

Question 24

to do very well in an exam and get very good marks

Answer 24

to pass an exam with flying colours

Question 25

to miss school without permission

Answer 25

to play truant

Question 26

to pass an exam very easily, without effort

Answer 26

to sail through an exam

Question 27

to take an exam

Answer 27

to sit (for) an exam

Question 28

close together

Answer 28

cheek by jowl