Idioms Exercises – Part 24

.Read the following examples and try to guess the meaning of the idioms

BBC commentary on Wimbledon

.Sampras is in the driving seat now

Tehran Times

.The government has promised to cut the red tape

Answers

in the driving seat: in control of a situation

.All chairmen love being in the driving seat

red tape: excessive bureaucracy or adherence to official rules and formalities

.This law will just create more red tape