Idioms Exercises – Part 116

.Feel in the blanks with appropriate idioms

a blessing in disguise / an arm and a leg / it’s a small world / a drop in the ocean / over the moon

N1. Getting my car fixed is going to cost me …………… as the engine has completely blown, but I have no choice. I need it for work

N2. The flu I had a few weeks ago which prevented me from going on holiday with my friends was ……………. They had a terrible time. Everything went wrong and it cost them a lot of money

.………… N3. I was in a café in Italy and amazingly I saw Paul from down the road in there

N4. Jan is finally getting a chance to go on her trip of a life time, a holiday to Australia! She was ……………… when I spoke to her

N5. 3 pounds may seem like ………………, but if everyone contributed that much we’d have thousands

:Answers

N1. An arm and a leg
N2. a blessing in disguise
N3. it’s a small world
N4. over the moon
N5. a drop in the ocean