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Teacher of English for foreign language students

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Idioms – True or False

True or false?

Say whether the idioms are used correctly (true) or incorrectly ( false).

If someone is GREEN, he is not very experienced.

True

False

I’ll only buy the dog if it’s HOUSE-TRAINED.

True

False

I ate so much cheese that I became really CHEESED OFF.

True

False

If you’re feeling PECKISH, you feel like something to eat, you’re feeling slightly hungry.

True

False

He was a very good pianist. He was so LIGHT-FINGERED.

True

False

You would probably be very flattered if someone called you STUCK UP.

True

False

I’m sure someone is talking about me – I can FEEL MY EARS BURNING.

True

False

My cousin KICKED THE BUCKET last weekend. He leaves a widow and three young children.

True

False

I’ve stopped going to German classes – I’ve DROPPED OUT.

True

False

He’s not being very serious. His comments are just TONGUE IN CHEEK.

True

False

Cowards don’t usually STICK THEIR NECKS OUT.

True

False

You would probably be very pleased if someone TOOK YOU FOR A RIDE.

True

False

True or false

Say whether the idioms in the following sentences are used correctly (true) or used incorrectly (false). The idioms are in inverted commas.

He goes there often – at least “once in a blue moon”.

True

False

He liked her a lot; he had a real “soft spot for her”.

True

False

He couldn’t go any faster; he was already “going flat out”.

True

False

He’s an extremely good talker. He really does “have the gift of the gab”.

True

False

My grandmother has been married for fifty years and she’s still a very happy “old maid”.

True

False

My uncle’s busy at the moment in the garden; he’s “pushing up daisies”. Can I take a message?

True

False

You’d feel very proud if the boss “gave you the sack”.

True

False

He was so hungry that he “ate his heart out”.

True

False

I don’t understand it; “it’s all Greek to me”.

True

False

A company car is one of the “perks” you get with this job.

True

False

He loved animals and spent a lot of his free time “in the doghouse”.

True

False

This book is “dog-eared”. I can’t possibly sell it.

True

False

He loves gardening, he’s very “weedy”.

True

False

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