Fill in the blanks.
1He is always as busy as a ............... .
Wrong!
The idiom is "as busy as a beaver" and means very busy.
2To cook your ............... is to spoil your plans.
Wrong!
The idiom "cook your goose" means spoil your plans or chances.
3Dog days are ............... .
Wrong!
"Hot summer days" is correct because dog days are the hottest days of summer.
4I haven't seen them for ............... years.
Wrong!
The idiom "donkey's years" means a very long time.
5If you are a big ..............., you are an important person.
Wrong!
A "big fish" is an important person.
6Those who cry ............... tears are not really upset.
Wrong!
"Crocodile tears" are false or insincere tears.
7If you eat like a ..............., you eat a lot.
Wrong!
If you "eat like a horse", you eat a lot.
8If you work like a ..............., you work really hard.
Wrong!
If you "work like a dog", you work very hard.
9The idiom "as the ............... flies" indicates the shortest distance between two places.
Wrong!
"As the" crow "flies" means in a straight line between two places.
10To kill two ............... with one stone is to solve two problems with just one action.
Wrong!
To "kill two" birds "with one stone" means solve two problems with one action.
11A dark ............... is someone about whom very little is known.
Wrong!
A "dark horse" is someone or something about which little is known.
12To eat in a disgusting manner is to eat like a ............... .
Wrong!
To "eat like a pig" means eat in a disgusting or greedy way.
Done.
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Answers
- He is always as busy as a beaver .
- To cook your goose is to spoil your plans.
- Dog days are hot summer days .
- I haven’t seen them for donkey’s years.
- If you are a big fish, you are an important person.
- Those who cry crocodile tears are not really upset.
- If you eat like a horse, you eat a lot.
- If you work like a dog, you work really hard.
- The idiom “as the crow flies” indicates the shortest distance between two places.
- To kill two birds with one stone is to solve two problems with just one action.
- A dark horse is someone about whom very little is known.
- To eat in a disgusting manner is to eat like a pig .
