Idioms Exercises – Part 56

.Fill in the blanks with appropriate idioms

back to the drawing board between a rock and a hard place bite your tongue cut to the chase every cloud has a silver lining find your feet fixed in his/her ways get up on the wrong side of the bed go the extra mile put all your eggs in one basket

,N1. It doesn’t look like this strategy to improve the company’s profits is working ! ……………… so it’s

N2. Jane really ……………… yesterday. I only asked her to pick the kids up from school, but she took them home, helped with their homework and put them to bed

N3. She’s…………………. Her marriage isn’t working so she’s very unhappy at home, but if she moves out and leaves him her family will blame her and won’t talk to her

N4. The job might seem confusing at first as there are a lot of different departments . …………………………… you need to work with but you’ll soon

:Answers

N1. back to the drawing board N2. went the extra mile N3. between a rock and a hard place N4. find your feet