Idioms Exercises – Part 33

Fill in the following idioms in the sentences below. Make changes to fit the sentence

a. spread like wildfire
b. add insult to the injury
c. in the heat of the moment
d. add up
e. get on like a house on fire
f. go up in smoke

.N1. I ………………… with my mom, but not so well with my dad

. ……… N2. Why did the gang bother to break in if they could just walk in? It doesn’t

.N3. All our hopes have ………… now that fighting has begun again

N4. First he told me he wanted to end the relationship, then,………… he said he hadn’t got any money to pay for the meal, and could I lend him enough for the taxi home

N5. Rumors about a possible take-over of the company ………… through the financial institutions yesterday

. ……………… N6. I must apologize for the rude things I said yesterday

:Answers

N1. get on like a house on fire
N2. add up
N3. gone up in smoke
N4. to add insult to the injury
N5. spread like wildfire
N6. in the heat of the moment