Idioms Exercises – Part 79

.Look up the idioms in a dictionary and fill in the blanks

A. up to (one’s) eyeballs (in something)
B. under the gun
C. burn the midnight oil
D. try (one’s) hand (at something)
E. bite off more than (one) can chew
F. bite the dust

N1. I’ll need to …………………………… to have any chance of finishing this paper before class tomorrow morning

!N2. I need a new hobby. Maybe I’ll try ………………………… painting

!N3. There’s no way I can take a vacation right now, I’m …………………………… work at the moment

N4. We have to get these pages to the printer by 8, so work faster, people—we’re …………………………… tonight

.N5. I …………………………… when I volunteered to manage three little league teams in one season

!……………………………N6. We were so lucky to avoid that massive accident—we might have

:Answers

N1. Burn the midnight oil
N2. my hand at
N3. up to my eyeballs in
N4. under the gun
N5. bit off more than I could chew
N6. bitten the dust