A) Look at The Following Idioms

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A) Look at the following idioms.

1. The calm before the storm.


2. Chasing rainbows.
3. To steal someone’s thunder.
4. A walking disaster.
5. Quake in your boots.
6. To be snowed under.
7. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
8. Flood in / out

B) Write the meaning for each idiom in the


table below:

1.

2.
3.

4.
5.
6.

7.

8.
C) Place idioms from exercise A into the sentences below. Each
idiom can only be used once.

a. My city was right in the hurricane’s path. I was ______________________________


____________________________with fear. We were okay in the end.
b. My whole family is coming over this weekend, including all my little
cousins. I’m enjoying __________________________________________________ because
after Friday there’s going to be chaos.
c. Shaun wants to go to Japan but flights are 2000 euros. With our current
budget, he’s _________________________________________.
d. Anna said she can’t meet this week. Apparently ____________________________
____________________________________.
e. When the bus arrived, people on the bus stop _______________________________.
f. A: ‘’Kyle’s been blamed for stealing money from Ella!’’
B: ‘’So I’ve heard but I don’t think it’s true.’’
A: ‘’Nor do I. It’s not like him but _____________________________________________
____________________________’’
g. Josh got fired again. He lost some important files for the boss. The poor
guy’s a real ____________________________________________.
h. Paula did all the work for the project but on the day of presentation she
was sick. I basically _______________________________________________________. She
was so mad at me but I found it hilarious.

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