Consolidation 4

Question 1

be dying for sth/to do sth

I’m dying to know what happened.

Answer 1

to really want sth

Question 2

be fit for

He’s had a bad cold and isn’t fit enough for work yet.

Answer 2

be good enough for

Question 3

be flat out

Answer 3

be very tired

Question 4

be green

The new trainees are still very green.

Answer 4

not to be experienced

Question 5

cook one’s goose

Just tell her we can’t - that’ll cook her goose.

Answer 5

end one’s plans abruptly

Question 6

fair and square

Answer 6

within the rules

Question 7

fall head over heels

Answer 7

fall in love quickly

Question 8

feel one’s ears burning

I bumped into your wife last night ‘I thought feel my ears burning!’

Answer 8

be sure that sb is talking about you

Question 9

gatecrasher

Answer 9

sb attending party, event, etc. without an invitation

Question 10

get off on the wrong foot

I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.

Answer 10

argue or disagree at the beginning of a relationship

Question 11

give and take

Answer 11

compromise

Question 12

have a frog in one’s throat

Answer 12

inability to speak due to nervousness

Question 13

have the gift of the gab

Joe’s got the gift of the gab—he can sell anything.

Answer 13

be able to talk well, persuasively

Question 14

hear it through the grapevine

I heard on the grapevine that you’re leaving.

Answer 14

find out information indirectly

Question 15

in a flash

The weekend seemed to be over** in a flash**.

Answer 15

very quickly

Question 16

it’s all Greek to me

She tried to explain how the system works, but it’s all Greek to me.

Answer 16

sth new or foreign; not easily understood

Question 17

keep a straight face
-> straight- faced

Answer 17

manage to look serious

Question 18

keep an eye on sth

Answer 18

guard sth

Question 19

meet behind closed doors

Answer 19

meet secretly

Question 20

one’s flesh and blood

Answer 20

family member

Question 21

plenty more fish in the sea

Answer 21

many opportunities in life, for live, etc.

Question 22

put one’s foot down

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

Answer 22

insist

Question 23

put one’s foot in it/your mouth

I put my foot in it with Ella I didn’t know she’d split up with Tom.

Answer 23

join or interrupt a conversation you are not a part of

Question 24

take it easy

Answer 24

calm down

Question 25

take sb for granted

Answer 25

rely on sb to do things for you all the time