English Language Tests-Intermediate level''''s archiveEnglish Slang Idioms (57) potx

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English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive

English Slang Idioms (57)

1."You're doing a good job, Todd You've made some

minor mistakes, but don't the small stuff," his boss

said

suffer

seize

sweat

sense

2."You know he's going to try to take advantage of you

Don't take any nickels, Jane — we didn't raise a

fool," her father said

wooden

rubber

copper

tin

3."That's just throwing stones when you live in a

house! You complain that she lies, but you've lied yourself

to almost everyone here!" his assistant said

glass

grass

straw

strong

4.It was going fine and everyone was having fun until my

alcoholic sister the party and started a fight with one

of my co-workers

crushed

crashed

bashed

brushed

5."Don't upset the The receiving department's

procedures have always worked quite well If you try to

change how they do things, you'll just mess it up," Jeannie

told Kurt

apparatus

bandwagon

beast

applecart

6."I hate it when people wash their dirty in public I

don't want to hear who or who slept with John I don't want

to hear any of their personal business!" Elise said to

Pauline

laundry

hands

clothing

boots

7.He was sick of people telling the same old joke at work

The joke had been done to and hadn't been that

funny in the first place

everyone

charcoal

death

boredom

8.She knew it would take 's years for her boss to

retire She wished he would move or quit

deer

dog

duck

donkey

9."You Harvard graduates are the of the crop," the

job interviewer told Jessie

honey

grain

bulk

cream

10.He told his grandfather that he had improved his school

grades from a C to an A average, and his grandpa replied,

" See? I told you always rises to the surface."

cream

bubbling

wood

syrup