Common idioms Exercise

Answers

1. I really feel that we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
2. The eels gave me creeps
3. Susie was upset with Michael and gave him the cold shoulder when she met him at the party.
4. I wanted to give my parents a surprise gift on their wedding anniversary, but my sister unwittingly gave the game away.
5. My parents have given me the green light to join the local soccer team.
6. My sister gave me the evil eye when I told our parents that she had let the cat in.

Notes

• Give someone the benefit of doubt

  To give someone the benefit of doubt is to believe something good about them, rather than something bad when you have the possibility of doing either.

• Give someone the creeps

  If something gives you the creeps, it induces the feeling of fear or revulsion in you.

• Give someone the cold shoulder

  To give someone the cold shoulder is to treat them in an unfriendly way.

• Give the game away

  To give the game away is to spoil the surprise or joke.

• Give someone the green light

  To give someone the green light is to give them the permission to do something.

• Give someone the evil eye

  To give someone the evil eye is to look at them in an angry or unpleasant way.