Idioms Flashcards
(42 cards)
To be on a role
To be successful every time you do something
To be on cloud nine
To be very happy
To be on edge
To be nervous
To be on pins and needles
To be very nervous
To be on your way
To be in the process to going somewhere
On the way home
Or in the way
To be on the go
To be very busy with to many tasks
To be on the right track
To do something that will result in success
To be on the wrong track
To do something that will result in failure
To be on the wagon
To stop drinking alcohol
someone who has a problem with alcohol
To bring someone up to speed
When you miss something , you have to be informed about what happened
To shoot the breeze
When you have a light, casual conversation with somebody
Ex
You’re …….. about the circus
I was …… with my sister
To make a big deal
To make something more significant or important than it really is
To blab
To talk too much about nothing important.
To gossip
Ex
My coloc …… more than he works sometimes
To bite your tong
When you want to say something but you know you should be silent at that moment
Talk up a storm
To talk loudly , to talk a lot
the best of both worlds
you can enjoy two different opportunities at the same time
by working part-time and looking after her kids two days a week, she managed to get the …………
speak of the devil
this means that the person you’re just talking about turns up at that moment
see eye to eye
this means agreeing with someone
once in a blue moon
an event that happens infrequently
when pigs fly
something that will never happen
when pigs fly , she’ll tidy up her room
sign off
approve or acknowledge something by or as if by a signature
Prospective employees at Immanuel are required to ……on a series of values, including those that denounce homosexual and affirm traditional marriage.
plead guilty to
state that one is guilty of a crime before a court of law
He………………misdemeanor trespassing charges and was ordered to be released from Kent County Correctional Facility.
shed light on
help to explain something
Were these rear yards once connected as a thoroughfare? Alas, old maps of Bushwick don’t shed any light on the situation.
take a drag
inhale smoke from something, especially a cigarette
The 6-second clip shows a young woman answering a question from someone off-camera after ………. off what appears to be a cigarette.