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Name: …………………………………………..

TEST
Complete the idioms with one word.
1. He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the __________ door.
2. You're __________ your breath - he doesn't want to hear what anyone else has got to say.
3. It's a __________ and __________ situation - I don't know whether I was bad at the sciences because I
wasn't interested in them or because I wasn’t interested in them and therefore not good at them.
4. Jessica’s story really is one of going from __________ to __________. She grew up with nothing, now
she is a movie star.
5. As a student, he took an evening job to keep the __________ from the door.
6. These small local protests are just the tip of the __________.
7. I screwed up my __________ and went in to see the director.
8. Don’t __________ your chickens before they are hatched.
9. She was fighting __________ the tears as she heard the bad news.
10. John had the answer __________ the tip of his __________, but Anne said it first.

Name: …………………………………………..

TEST
Complete the idioms with one word.
1. He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the __________ door.
2. You're __________ your breath - he doesn't want to hear what anyone else has got to say.
3. It's a __________ and __________ situation - I don't know whether I was bad at the sciences because I
wasn't interested in them or because I wasn’t interested in them and therefore not good at them.
4. Jessica’s story really is one of going from __________ to __________. She grew up with nothing, now
she is a movie star.
5. As a student, he took an evening job to keep the __________ from the door.
6. These small local protests are just the tip of the __________.
7. I screwed up my __________ and went in to see the director.
8. Don’t __________ your chickens before they are hatched.

9. She was fighting __________ the tears as she heard the bad news.
10. John had the answer __________ the tip of his __________, but Anne said it first.


1. He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door.
2. You're wasting your breath - he doesn't want to hear what anyone else has got to say.
3. It's a chicken and egg situation - I don't know whether I was bad at the sciences because I wasn't
interested in them or because I wasn’t interested in them and therefore not good at them.
4. Jessica’s story really is one of going from rags to riches. She grew up with nothing, now she is a movie
star.
5. As a student, he took an evening job to keep the wolf from the door.
6. These small local protests are just the tip of the iceberg.
7. I screwed up my courage and went in to see the director.
8. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
9. She was fighting back the tears as she heard the bad news.
10. John had the answer on the tip of his tongue, but Anne said it first.