Relationships and people

Question 1

to rock the boat

Answer 1

say or do sth. to disturb an existing situation and upset other people

Question 2

stick out like a sore thumb

Answer 2

be very obviously and often embarrassingly different from the surrounding people or things

Question 3

bring out

Answer 3

make someone or sth show a quality that they have; produce a new product and start to tell it

Question 4

bring together

Question 5

bump into

Question 6

cancel out

Answer 6

stop sth from having any effect

Question 7

come between

Answer 7

cause a disagreement or argument between people

Question 8

go together

Answer 8

things seeming good, natural

Question 9

meet up

Answer 9

come together with someone

Question 10

pick on

Answer 10

keep treating someone badly or unfairly

Question 11

sound out

Answer 11

try to find someone’s opinions, ideas, feelings, etc by talking to them

Question 12

take after

Answer 12

look or behave an older relative

Question 13

take to

Answer 13

begin to like someone or sth; start doing sth as a habit

Question 14

have sth in common with

Question 15

be born with a silver spoon in your mouth

Answer 15

have advantages because you come from a rich family

Question 16

get on like a house on fire

Answer 16

become good friends very quickly and have a lot to talk to each other about

Question 17

like two peas in a pod

Answer 17

used for saying that two people look, behave or think exactly the same

Question 18

on good terms with

Answer 18

have a good relationship with someone

Question 19

put sth in perspective

Answer 19

provide a sensible way of judging how good, bad, important, etc sth is in comparison with other things