Question

Each example has an idiom from household items and tools. Read the example carefully to find the meaning of the idiom. Then choose the right idiom for the gap in the sentence. But be careful: two idioms are extra. Use only numbers.

11. The dread of being the cause of misery to posterity has prevailed over men to conceal the skeleton in ________.12. Let’s forget our disagreement and ______.13. You shouldn't ____ all your problems ______. You should face them one by one and try to solve them.14. John is such _______. He always stays home and never does anything fun with his friends.15. I wasn’t sure if I did well on the test. So I was _____ when the teacher was giving them back.16. I've given her some silver cutlery for her _____.17. There was _______ this evening when my brother sat down at the table with a black eye, but didn’t say anything about what had happened.18. I was _______ until she called to say she had arrived in Istanbul.19. We ________ when the Pope visited Toronto.20. If you try to organize an event that will appeal to both young and old, you canend up caught between ________.

1. a wet blanket
7. cough up
2. bottom drawer
8. the closet
3. an elephant in the dining room
9. two stools
4. soap opera
10. sweep all your problems under the carpet
5. bury the hatchet
11. on pins and needles
6. the red carpet
12. kettle of fish

Answer 1

11. The dread of being the cause of misery to posterity has prevailed over men to conceal the skeleton in the closet (скелет в шкафу)
12. Let’s forget our disagreement and bury the hatchet (заключить мир, зарыть топор войны)
13. You shouldn't sweep all your problems under the carpet (оставлять проблемы без решения) You should face them one by one and try to solve them.
14. John is such a wet blanket ( зануда) He always stays home and never does anything fun with his friends.
15. I wasn’t sure if I did well on the test. So I was ____ (НЕ ЗНАЮ!!!) when the teacher was giving them back.
16. I've given her some silver cutlery for her bottom drawer (приданое невесты)
17. There was an elephant in the dining room (большая проблема) this evening when my brother sat down at the table with a black eye, but didn’t say anything about what had happened.
18. I was on pins and needles (сидеть как на иголках) until she called to say she had arrived in Istanbul.
19. We rolled out the red carpet (устроить торжественный прием) when the Pope visited Toronto.
20. If you try to organize an event that will appeal to both young and old, you can end up caught between two stools (потерпеть неудачу, попасть впросак)