Fill in the blanks.
1To take someone under your wing is to ...............
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The expression means to protect or help someone, so the correct answer is "take care of them".
2To eat humble pie is to ...............
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The idiom means to admit you were wrong, so the correct answer is "make a humble apology".
3To get out of bed on the wrong side is to ...............
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The idiom describes starting the day in a bad mood, so the correct answer is "be in a particularly irritable mood".
4To make the feathers fly is to ...............
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The expression means to create a disturbance, so the correct answer is "cause turmoil".
5What does "itsy-bitsy" mean?
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The adjective means very small, so the correct answer is "tiny".
6To dilly-dally is to ...............
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The verb means to delay or be slow unnecessarily, so the correct answer is "waste time".
7I still miss the ............... of university life.
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The noun refers to busy, noisy activity, so the correct answer is "hurly-burly".
8To live in straitened circumstances is to live in ...............
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The phrase means living with very little money, so the correct answer is "poverty".
9What does the expression "wishy-washy" mean?
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The expression describes something weak or lacking firmness, so the correct answer is "weak".
10You have to cooperate ...............
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The expression means whether you want to or not, so the correct answer is "willy-nilly".
11To be at loggerheads is to ...............
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The idiom means to be in serious disagreement, so the correct answer is "disagree strongly".
12Bête noire means an object of ...............
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The expression refers to something or someone strongly disliked, so the correct answer is "aversion".
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- To take someone under your wing is to take care of them
- To eat humble pie is to make a humble apology
- To get out of bed on the wrong side is to be in a particularly irritable mood
- To make the feathers fly is to cause turmoil
- What does “itsy-bitsy” mean? — tiny
- To dilly-dally is to waste time
- I still miss the hurly-burly of university life.
- To live in straitened circumstances is to live in poverty
- What does the expression “wishy-washy” mean? — weak
- You have to cooperate willy-nilly
- To be at loggerheads is to disagree strongly
- Bête noire means an object of aversion