Idioms 3 Flashcards
(21 cards)
1
Q
Buy a lemon
A
Buy something less valuable
2
Q
Bell the cat
A
Take risk
3
Q
White Elephant
A
Expensive but useless
4
Q
Break Sweat
A
to use a lot of energy
5
Q
Between rock and a hard place/ Between devil and the deep sea
A
Stuck between two bad option
6
Q
Bad Iron
A
Bad luck
7
Q
Benjamin’s portion
A
A large portion
8
Q
Cut the mustard
A
do something in a satisfactory manner
9
Q
Chicken hearted/ lily liver
A
Scared
10
Q
Cat’s wiskers
A
Impressive
11
Q
Cat nap
A
Short sleep
12
Q
Carry the can
A
accept the blame
13
Q
Chequered career
A
variety of job
14
Q
cold feet
A
nervous
15
Q
let the grass grow under your feet
A
lazy
16
Q
carried away
A
wild with excitement
17
Q
carried a chip in one’s shoulder
A
grudge
18
Q
close shave
A
narrow escape
19
Q
carried the day
A
won a victory
20
Q
cut to the quick
A
hurt intensely
21
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