Consolidation 15

Question 1

**a brainwave **

Answer 1

a sudden idea

Question 2

a pain in the neck

Answer 2

annoying person/thing

Question 3

be all fingers and thumbs

Answer 3

be awkward, clumsy

Question 4

be up in arms

Answer 4

protest loudly

Question 5

fell/be down in the mouth

Answer 5

be depressed

Question 6

get cold feet

He was going to ask her but he got cold feet and said nothing.

Answer 6

lose courage

Question 7

get off on the wrong foot

Answer 7

begin badly

Question 8

give sb the cold shoulder

Answer 8

ignore/shun sb

Question 9

have a cheek/nerve

Answer 9

act/speak rudely or impudently

Question 10

have a sharp tongue

Answer 10

tend to say unkind or hurtful things

Question 11

have an eye for

Answer 11

be a good judge of

Question 12

look down one’s nose at sb/sth

People who live in that area tend to **look down their noses at **their poorer neighbours.

Answer 12

feel/act superior to

Question 13

lose one’s head

Answer 13

lose self-control

Question 14

put one’s foot down

You’ve got to **put your foot down **and make him stop seeing her.

Answer 14

insist

Question 15

put one’s heart and soul into sth

Answer 15

be devoted to sth

Question 16

take sth to heart

Answer 16

take personally, be offended/upset by sth

Question 17

tongue in cheek

Answer 17

not serious, ironic

Question 18

tooth and nail

The residents are fighting **tooth and nail **to stop the new development.

Answer 18

fiercely

Question 19

with one’s heart in one’s mouth

Answer 19

fearfully