English Skills 16: Idiomatic expressions.

The test was a piece of . I finished it in 20 minutes.

I was going to return the library books today after work, but the thought slipped my .

You hit the nail on the . He phoned me 5 minutes ago and said he was at the repair shop.

Tickets for the World Cup sold like . All of the tickets were gone in only two days.

Theo couldn’t answer the question, so he tried to beat around the .

When Sue is angry, telling her to calm down only fans the .

“John, don’t cry over spilled . You lost the football game yesterday.

Susan and Mike agreed that it was time to bury the . They apologised and decided to be friends again.

Mitchell may have been a rough , but he was absolutely loyal to his employer.

She never ​stops ​talking about ​dieting – she’s got a ​real bee in her ​ about it.

“Don’t shed crocodile . I know you are just pretending to be sad.”

That new car he bought is just a white .

He told a lie and now we have to face the .

“Never ask that wet for any advice!”

“Don’t tell tales. You may end up in hot one day.”