INSTRUCTIONS: Copy the table below into your notebook and MATCH the meanings on COLUMN B with the IDIOMS on COLUMN A
COLUMN A: IDIOMS {a} Keep your finger on the pulse {b} Put your shoulders to the wheel.
COLUMN B: MEANINGS To think that people are making a lot of unnecessary fuss or excitement about something unimportant. Something better than you imagined or hoped for.
{c} Make a mountain out of a molehill.
To be in a very strong position because you have more advantages than anyone else.
{d} Have a bone to pick with someone.
To admit that you cannot succeed in doing something or that you are defeated.
{e} Fly by the seat of your pants.
To disagree very strongly with someone or an organization’s opinion.
{f} Beyond one’s wildest dreams.
Manage to do something successfully in a difficult circumstances.
{g} Throw in the towel.
A selfish person; someone who stops others from enjoying something he cannot use or doesn’t need.
{h} At loggerheads.
Extremely angry about something.
{i} Hold all the aces.
An achievement one should be proud of.
COLUMN A: IDIOMS {j} Cook somebody’s goose. {k} Fall at the first hurdle.
COLUMN B: MEANINGS Deciding to act decisively in order to deal with a difficult situation or problem. To spoil a person’s chance of success.
{l} A feather in one’s cap
To fail to overcome the first difficulty one encountered.
{m} Rise to the occasion.
Annoyed with someone and wanting to talk to him/her about it.
{n} Foam at the mouth.
To make a small, unimportant problem seem much more serious than it is.
{o} Take the bull by the horns.
Doing something without knowledge or experience; using only your instinct and hoping that you will succeed.
{p} A dog in the manger. {q} Talk the hind leg off a donkey. {r} Storm in a teacup.
A very talkative person. To start putting a lot of effort into a difficult task. Being constantly aware of the most recent events or developments.