MODULE 24: IDIOMS (Exercise 3)

Question 1. Making mistakes is all ______ of growing up.

Question 2. Denise has been burning the midnight ______ trying to finish this report, so she must be exhausted.

Question 3. When confronted with a mass of ______ tape, many people feel a sense of powerlessness.

Question 4. I was excited to start taking night classes after work, but now, without enough time to devote either to school or to my job, I feel like I'm falling between ______ stools.

Question 5. George has ______ ; he loves cakes, chocolate, ice=cream-anything which is sweet.

Question 6. Peter is working in an office. He's a white- _____ worker.

Question 7. Like everyone else, Sue has her life. _____ of course but on the whole, she's quite satisfied with

Question 8. The political candidate knew the issue was a hot ______ , so he deferred to his chief of staff, who directed questions to the committee chairperson.

Question 9. You can't believe a word that woman says - she is a ______ liar.

Question 10. I'm ______ my brother is.

Question 11. They ______ their car at our disposal for our entire stay.

Question 12. This food is ______ the house, you don't have to pay for it.

Question 13. At school, people always used to take the ______ out of him for having red hair.

Question 14. I felt a bit ______ and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.

Question 15. She went to college to study history, but changed ______ and is now a doctor.

Question 16. I'm really feeling under the ______ today; I have a terrible cold.

Question 17. Man: "I heard you have a part in the school play tonight." - Woman: "Yes, and I'm on ______ and needles."

Question 18. I heard ______ that Jack has been dropped from the basketball team.

Question 19. She is a rising star as a standup comedian, always able to bring down the ______ during each performance.

Question 20. Don't let my mother watch any of those sad movies. She cries at the drop of a ______

Question 21. You'd better ______ the books if you want to pass your exam on Friday.

Question 22. When I hear stories of cruelty to animals, it makes my ______ boil.

Question 23. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the ______ of the iceberg of culture.

Question 24. Today we ______ electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this discovery has been.

Question 25. When you use the Internet, you have so much information at your ______