10b

Question 1

A long shot

Answer 1

A wild guess/risk

Question 2

A memory like a sieve

Answer 2

A poor memory

Question 3

Be all at sea

Answer 3

Be in a state of confusion

Question 4

Be in sb’s shoes

Answer 4

Be in sb’s position

Question 5

Be in the same boat

Answer 5

Be in a same (usually bad) situation

Question 6

Be the spitting image of sb

Answer 6

Look exactly like sb

Question 7

Be/get soaked to the skin

Answer 7

Be/get very wet

Question 8

Be/have a close shave

Answer 8

Barely avoid a accident/bad situation

Question 9

Behind the scenes

Answer 9

In secret

Question 10

Come out of one’s shell

Answer 10

Gain personal confidence

Question 11

Does it show?

Answer 11

Is it obvious?

Question 12

Give sb the slip

Answer 12

Escape from sb

Question 13

Go for a song

Answer 13

Be sold very cheaply

Question 14

Go without saying

Answer 14

Be a forgone conclusion

Question 15

Hit the sack

Answer 15

Go to bed

Question 16

Live out of a suitcase

Answer 16

Travel often
Not have a permanent home

Question 17

Make quite a scene

Answer 17

Become angry in a dramatic way

Question 18

On a shoe string

Answer 18

On a very small budget

Question 19

Pull a few strings

Answer 19

Use influential contacts in order to obtain an advantage

Question 20

Pull one’s socks up

Answer 20

Make a greater effort

Question 21

Sleep on it

Answer 21

Think about sth

Question 22

Smell a rat

Answer 22

Suspect that sth is wrong

Question 23

Spill the beans

Answer 23

Reveal a secret/fact

Question 24

Stand in sb’s way

Answer 24

Prevent sb from doing sth

Question 25

Take sth with a pinch of salt

Answer 25

Not believe sth completely

Question 26

The last straw

Answer 26

The last and worst in a series of bad events

Question 27

Thick-skinned

Answer 27

Insensitive