Idioms Exercises – Part 57

.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. Can you ………………………… and tell us if we are going to lose our jobs or not
? ……………………………………………N2. Don’t be so grumpy with me! Did you
N3. He’s very…………………… . He’ll never vote Labour. He’s voted for the Conservative party his whole life
N4. I know everything seems very bad at the moment but …………………………………………… I’m sure something good will come out of it
N5. I know you shouldn’t ……………………………………………, but I’m going to sell all my stocks and shares and purchase an off-plan property in Spain.I’m sure it will be fine
N6. I was …………………………………………… in that meeting. I really wanted to tell him that his idea was no good but you can’t say that to the boss

:Answers

N1. cut to the chase
N2. get up on the wrong side of the bed
N3. fixed in his ways
N4. every cloud has a silver lining
N5. put all your eggs in one basket
N6. biting my tongue