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