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Say whether the idioms are used correctly (true) or incorrectly ( false).
If someone is GREEN, he is not very experienced.
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I’ll only buy the dog if it’s HOUSE-TRAINED.
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I ate so much cheese that I became really CHEESED OFF.
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If you’re feeling PECKISH, you feel like something to eat, you’re feeling slightly hungry.
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He was a very good pianist. He was so LIGHT-FINGERED.
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You would probably be very flattered if someone called you STUCK UP.
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I’m sure someone is talking about me – I can FEEL MY EARS BURNING.
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My cousin KICKED THE BUCKET last weekend. He leaves a widow and three young children.
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I’ve stopped going to German classes – I’ve DROPPED OUT.
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He’s not being very serious. His comments are just TONGUE IN CHEEK.
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Cowards don’t usually STICK THEIR NECKS OUT.
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You would probably be very pleased if someone TOOK YOU FOR A RIDE.
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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”.
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He liked her a lot; he had a real “soft spot for her”.
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He couldn’t go any faster; he was already “going flat out”.
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He’s an extremely good talker. He really does “have the gift of the gab”.
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My grandmother has been married for fifty years and she’s still a very happy “old maid”.
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My uncle’s busy at the moment in the garden; he’s “pushing up daisies”. Can I take a message?
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You’d feel very proud if the boss “gave you the sack”.
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He was so hungry that he “ate his heart out”.
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I don’t understand it; “it’s all Greek to me”.
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A company car is one of the “perks” you get with this job.
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He loved animals and spent a lot of his free time “in the doghouse”.
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This book is “dog-eared”. I can’t possibly sell it.
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He loves gardening, he’s very “weedy”.
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