Idioms

Idioms

A. Look at the following extracts from the dialogue. What do you think the phrases in bold mean?

I know these slim quick diet pills are all the range...

B. Read the sentences and match the idioms in bold with their meanings a-f.

1. I know chocolate is bad for me but I can’t stop eating it. I guess I have a sweet tooth.

2. The teacher told the students to learn the poem by heart.

3. When I found out that I had passed all my exams, I was on cloud nine.

4. If I were in your shoes, I would inform the police.

5. 'Who told you the secret'? John spilled the beans.'

6. Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.

a. to tell a secret

b. to be very happy

c. to be in someone’s place

d. to memorise

e. to not speak directly about something

f. to like food with a lot of sugar in it

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Phrases / Expressions with most and least

PHRASES/EXPRESSIONS WITH ‘MOST’ AND ‘LEAST’

Read the sentences below and match the phrases/expressions in bold with their meanings a-h.

1. I thought the book would be nice but it wasn’t in the least interesting. ( )

2. Children should drink at least two glasses of two glasses of milk per day. ( )

3. I want to thank my friends Ali, Saif, Ameer and last but not least  Hamza for all their support. ( )

4. Nobody believed his story, least of all the police. ( )

5. It’s an awful restaurant; the food is tasteless to say the least.  ( )

6. I plan to make the most of my holiday and spend my time relaxing. (  )

7. We will stay in Dubai for ten days at most. (  )

8. The thing I liked most of all about the book was the second chapter. (  )

a. at all

b. more than anything else

c. especially not

d. not less than

e. not more than

f. as important as the rest

g. not to say everything that you could say

h. get the maximum advantage from

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