Idioms

Question 1

Burst into tears

Answer 1

Start to cry

Question 2

Fuming

Answer 2

Very angry

Question 3

Cooped up

Answer 3

Stuck in a small space

Question 4

Step up your game

Answer 4

improve yourself do it better

Question 5

Have a sweet tooth

Answer 5

To enjoy eating sweet things

Question 6

Nailed it

Answer 6

Did something very successfully

Question 7

I’m walking on eggshells

Answer 7

To be overly careful around someone, because they’re sensitive
-Tengo que andar de puntillas

Question 8

A good egg

Answer 8

Nice person

Question 9

Egghead

Answer 9

Negative expression

- Intellectual, but usually in a disparaging way

Question 10

Out of this world

Answer 10

Wonderful; the best

Question 11

A bright spark

Answer 11

-A smart and bright person

(Una persona inteligente y brillante

Question 12

Highly strung

Answer 12

Easily stressed or upset

-Lin is so highly strung. I wish she would relax!

Question 13

A lost cause

Answer 13

A hopeless situation

(Una situación desesperada

Question 14

Hotspot

Answer 14

Popular place

-The waterfall is a hospot for tourist

Question 15

Doing time

Answer 15

In prison

-Roger is doing time, 20 years for armed robbery

Question 16

You got this

Answer 16

You can do it

Question 17

Cooped up

Answer 17

Stuck in a small space

-I’ve been cooped up in this apartment all day. I want to go out!

Question 18

Know something inside out

Answer 18

Know something very well

Question 19

Step up your game

Answer 19

Improve yourself; do better

-Superate

Question 20

A soft spot

Answer 20

A special liking for something

-Laura has a soft spot for kittens

Question 21

Eyesore

Answer 21

An ugly object or building

-Someone should remove that old boat. What an eyesore!

Question 22

Man up

Answer 22

Be strong or tough (Ser fuerte o duro

-He needs to man up!