Idioms Exercise

Answers

1. Janet and Peter are getting married. I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth.
2. I wanted the party to be a secret, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.
3. The moment she started buttering me up, I knew that she wanted a favor.
4. The two brothers are always pulling each other’s leg.
5. Don’t trust him. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
6. He won the race hands down.
7. By taking action against him for your failure, you are just barking up the wrong tree.
8. Don’t try to make fun of him. He flies off the handle pretty easily.
9. That laptop cost me an arm and a leg.
10. I hate having to tell him what I really think of him, but I have to bite the bullet now.
11. The indulgent mother turns a blind eye to her son’s faults.
12. The enemy was armed to the teeth, yet our soldiers managed to beat them.