Friday, January 8, 2016

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS AND IDIOMS: FOOD AND DRINK (Advanced) (EXERCISE A62E238)





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

____ 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.


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

(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.


(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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