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LEARNING ENGLISH IDIOMS THROUGHT THE CONTEXTS AND SENTENCES
A. Idioms of colors
1. Tommy is the black sheep in his family: he is the only member who has not made a success of his life.
2. He argued with her until he was blue in the face.
3. It was a red-letter day when she finally received her graduation diploma.
4. My sister became white as a ghost when she saw the man at the window. \
5. She passed her exam with flying colors and now wants to go out and celebrate.
Exercise 1
1. 'Incredible! Peter is on time! He is not late as usual! It is really …………………………..!'
2. 'I got a '100%' at my exam. My teacher told me that I passed it……………………………….!'
3. 'I came and stopped the debate: Peter was …………………………and I was worried.'
4. 'Sarah has just had an accident. She was ………………………when I saw her at the hospital.'
5. 'Sandra's brother is a criminal. He is ……………………………………………
B. Idioms of sports
1. The government dropped the ball on their decision to expand the airport runway without consulting the local
residents.
2. The president of the company handed the torch to his son when he decided to retire.
3.It was a case of hitting someone below the belt when the girl stole her best friend's boyfriend from her.
4. My friend jumped the gun and applied for the job before he knew that his application was accepted.
5. The salesman always worked extra hours in order to score points with his boss.
Exercise 2
1. I guess Joe ……………………………when he told everybody Jennie had agreed to marry him. I just heard
that she has announced her engagement to some other guy she went to college with.
2. We’re all upset with Lee. We were sure we’d get the big contract with this customer to build a new factory
but Lee ………………………….. He made mistakes in figuring the budget and now the customer doesn’t want
to do business with us.
3. David stopped working. He ………………………….of pigeon-racing to his son Ber who took the pigeons to
his current home.
4. Peter has done very bad things to Sarah. He …………………………, and that won't be forgiven.

5. My friend didn't agree with me... but I think I …………………..with him by saying that Halo 2 is totally
overrated.
C. Idioms of school
1. My sister was always the teacher's pet when she was in the first grade at school.
2. The boy loves to read and always has his nose in a book.
3. The teacher took the roll and then we started the lesson.
4. My cousin plans to go to a cow college when he finishes high school.
5. The teacher stopped to count noses several times during the field trip.

Exercise 3
1. Sarah always buys dozens of books. She loves science fiction books, novels and poetry. She always
……………………………..
2. The teacher always ……………………..before starting the course.
3. The teacher always …………………………………before going back to school after a school trip.
4. Harry is the ………………………he always gets good marks and the teacher is very friendly with him.
5. I went to a ………………………..and I started my own business. I now have one hundred cows.
D. Idioms of human bodies
1. I yelled at the top of my lungs to get the attention of that man.
2. Blood is thicker than water and people usually support their family rather than their friends in times of
trouble.
3.The little boy had butterflies in his stomach when he had to give the speech in front of the class.
4. The worker tried to save his own neck without thinking of any of the other people.
5. If you scratch the supervisor's back he will help you when you need help.
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