1. Match the expression in the box on left with their
meanings in the box on the right:
(A)
Acquired taste
(B)
Piece of cake
(C)
Butter somebody up
(D)
Full of beans
(E)
Knows which side your bread is buttered
(F)
Apple of your eye
(G) Brown as a berry
(H)
Spill the beans
(I)
Gone bananas
(J)
Butter wouldn’t melt in their mouth
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____ A person who is healthy and active.
____ A person is tanned.
____ Someone who looks completely innocent,
but are capable of doing very bad things.
____ Something which is easy to do.
____ Something you dislike when you first
taste it, but after a time you begin to like it.
____ Someone who has become emotional
and starts behaving in a crazy way.
____ Reveal a secret.
____ A person you have great affection for.
____ Flatter someone especially if you want
something from them.
____ You know where your interests lie.
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2. Put the above expressions’ in the box above into the sentences
below:
(A)
The English test was
_______________________.
(B)
In order to get the promotion he
_________________ his boss up.
(C)
Come on! ___________________! What
did he say?
(D) When
he told his parents he had failed the exam they _________________.
(E)
My grandson is the
_____________________.
(F)
He may be old but he is still
_____________________.
(G) Jane
came back from Greece as __________________.
(H) Truffles
are an ____________________.
(I)
Jack never argues with his boss. He
knows _____________________.
(J)
The boy who stole the bag looked as
if _____________________________.
ANSWERS:
1. Match the expression in the box on left with their
meanings in the box on the right:
(A)
Acquired taste
(B)
Piece of cake
(C)
Butter somebody up
(D) Full of beans
(E) Knows which side your bread is
buttered
(F) Apple of your eye
(G) Brown as a berry
(H) Spill the beans
(I) Gone bananas
(J) Butter wouldn’t melt in their
mouth
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(d) A person who is healthy and
active.
(g) A person is tanned.
(j) Someone who looks
completely innocent,
but are capable of doing
very bad things.
(b) Something which is easy to
do.
(a) Something you dislike when
you first taste
it, but after a time you
begin to like it.
(i) Someone who has become
emotional and
starts behaving in a crazy
way.
(h) Reveal a secret.
(f) A person you have great affection for.
(c) Flatter someone especially if
you want
something from them.
(e) You know where your
interests lie.
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(2) Put the above expressions’ in the box above into the sentences
below:
(A)
The English test was a piece of cake.
(B)
In order to get the promotion he buttered his boss up.
(C)
Come on! Spill the beans! What did he say?
(D) When
he told his parents he had failed the exam they went bananas!
(E)
My grandson is the apple of my eye.
(F)
He may be old but he is still full of beans.
(G) Jane
came back from Greece as tanned as a
berry!
(H) Truffles
are an acquired taste.
(I)
Jack never argues with his boss. He
knows which side his bread is buttered.
(J) The boy who stole the bag looked as if
butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.
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