Fixed Expressions

Question 1

To make sb’s hair stand on end

Answer 1

To be very frightening

Question 2

A page turner

Answer 2

A really good book you can’t stop reading

Question 3

A bit out of the ordinary

Answer 3

Unusual

Question 4

Sth is paramount

Answer 4

Sth is very important

Question 5

To give sb a helping hand

Answer 5

To help sb

Question 6

To go the extra mile

Answer 6

To do more than you need to do to impress sb

Question 7

To move up he ladder

“How long did it take to move up the ladder?”

Answer 7

Career progression

Question 8

To do sth at your own expense

Answer 8

When you do sth and you pay for it all yourself

Question 9

To be hooked on sth

Answer 9

To be addicted to sth, to be obsessed with sth

Question 10

Sth slips your mind

Answer 10

You forget to do sth

Question 11

To look a million dollars

Answer 11

To look amazing (appearance, not personality)

Question 12

There is no room to swing a cat

Answer 12

Almost no space

Question 13

When the situation is reversed

Answer 13

When the boot is on be other foot

Question 14

To have a lot of work to do, so you are too busy to have fun

Answer 14

To be up to my ears in work

Question 15

When you want to emphasis that a task/problem is not complicated (usually said when sb else is having a problem). A patronising comment

Answer 15

Sth isn’t rocket science

Question 16

Being able to stay fashionable with technology, what’s popular as you and the time progresses

Answer 16

To keep up with the times

Question 17

Susceptible, sth bad happens to you often

Answer 17

To be prone to (inf) sth

Question 18

Enough work for today

Answer 18

It’s time to call it a day

Question 19

Has a negative impact on sth

Answer 19

Sth takes a (terrible) toll on sth

Question 20

A perfectionist

Answer 20

A person who needs to cross every “t” and dot every “I”

To be OCD/anal (adj) about sth

Question 21

To have the right skills/ qualifications/ experience to do sth

Answer 21

To have what it takes to (do sth)

Question 22

Money you receive (or pay) when sb uses your intellectual property

Answer 22

To be paid/ receive royalties for sth

Question 23

Don’t pick up responsibilities but also no home

Answer 23

A rolling stone gather no moss

Question 24

Mas vale pájaro en mano que cien volando

Answer 24

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Question 25

Going from a bad situation to another one that is worse

Answer 25

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

Question 26

There’s always hope

Answer 26

Every cloud has a silver lining

Question 27

To owe money to sb/ the bank

Answer 27

To be in the red

Question 28

To be short of money

Answer 28

To be hard up

Question 29

A mean person who doesn’t want to spend money

Answer 29

A skinflint

Question 30

Recovering from an illness, becoming healthy again

Answer 30

To be on the mend

Question 31

To finish sth really quickly

Answer 31

To polish sth off

Question 32

Sth you safe money for

Answer 32

A nest-egg

Question 33

To make a proposal in order to sell a product

Answer 33

To PITCH a product

Question 34

To be able to survive/exist/manage without the support of sb else

Answer 34

To gold one’s hand