Idioms Exercises – Part 9

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

a. Keep sb in the dark
b. On cloud nine
c. Hold one’s horses
d. Not to be on speaking terms
e. Jump down sb’s throat

N1. They haven’t ………………….. for years although neither can remember what they first quarreled about

.N2. Tell him to………………… I’m not yet ready

N3. I don’t like being ………………….. about the company’s business affairs – so please tell me what’s going on

.N4. He’s been ………………… since he’s been offered a job

. ………………… N5. I only asked him if I could go home five minutes early and he really

Answers

N1. Been on speaking terms
N2. Hold his horses
N3. Kept in the dark
N4. On cloud nine
N5. Jumped down my throat