idioms

Question 1

If two people or groups are …, they disagree strongly about something.

Answer 1

at loggerheads
When a family’s at loggerheads, no one agrees with each other, and everyone has strong opinions

Question 2

thinking that you are more important or more intelligent than you really are

Answer 2

big-headed
She’s so bigheaded!

Question 3

unhappy and having no hope, especially because of a disappointment or failure

Answer 3

down-hearted
впавший духом

Question 4

you are feeling very depressed and miserable

Answer 4

down in the dumps
She’s feeling a bit down in the dumps and needs cheering up.

Question 5

annoyed and unhappy about something

Answer 5

browned off
ситий по горло, розгніваний, бути не в дусі
Mr Gently told me you’re browned off

Question 6

the confidence that some people get from drinking alcohol before they do something that needs courage

Answer 6

Dutch courage
“I’ll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage”

Question 7

to make yourself rich, esp. by taking unfair advantage of others

Answer 7

to feather one’s nest
He used the classified information to feather his own nest.

Question 8

to suddenly become very angry

Answer 8

to fly off the handle
You have to be very careful because he flies off the handle very easily

Question 9

old; advanced in age

Answer 9

getting on in years
Although she’s getting on in years, she still looks young.

Question 10

to get very angry about something or lose control of yourself

Answer 10

to go off the deep end
The students were behaving themselves at the party, but then a couple of kids started to go off the deep end.

Question 11

very frightening, shocking

Answer 11

hair-raising
She told us a hair-raising story about suddenly meeting a bear on her camping trip.

Question 12

to want to talk to someone because you are annoyed about something they have done

Answer 12

to have a bone to pick with someone
I have a bone to pick with you, Wallace; I heard how you criticized me at the meeting last night.”

Question 13

to be very excited or nervous about something anticipated

Answer 13

to have one’s heart in one’s mouth
My heart was in my mouth when I opened the letter.

Question 14

to be worrying about something

Answer 14

to have something on one’s mind
Paul has a lot on his mind at the moment.

Question 15

feel ill, no in good health

Answer 15

feel under the weather

Question 16

to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

Answer 16

to have words

Question 17

avoid getting into difficulties; used especially to talk about business.

Answer 17

to keep one’s head above water
The business is in trouble, but we are just about keeping our heads above water.

Question 18

very excited or nervous, usually before an important event

Answer 18

keyed up
He always gets keyed up about tests.

Question 19

to be old, often too old to do something

Answer 19

long in the tooth
He’s a little long in the tooth to be wearing shorts, don’t you think?

Question 20

not in good health; looking or feeling ill slightly

Answer 20

off colour

Question 21

If you do something …, you do it with a very small amount of money:

Answer 21

on a shoestring

Question 22

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

Answer 22

on tenterhooks
We were on tenterhooks all morning waiting for the phone to ring.

Question 23

to be slightly ill or slightly unhappy

Answer 23

out of sorts
Peter overslept this morning and has been out of sorts all day.

Question 24

no longer still active and in good health; after the best, most successful, most productive stage

Answer 24

past one’s prime
The dog was past his prime.

Question 25

to make someone feel worried about their situation

Answer 25

to put the wind up someone
Tell them your father’s a policeman - that’ll put the wind up them!

Question 26

hallucinations arising especially from heavy drinking or use of narcotics

Answer 26

to see pink elephants

Question 27

to become very angry

Answer 27

to see red
People who don’t finish a job really make me see red.

Question 28

too proud and considering yourself to be very important

Answer 28

stuck-up

Question 29

slightly drunk

Answer 29

tipsy
Auntie Pat is getting a little tipsy again.

Question 30

behaving as if you are more important or more clever than you really are

Answer 30

too big for one’s boots
He’s been getting a bit too big for his boots since he got that promotion.

Question 31

the personal characteristic of being too proud of and interested in yourself, esp. in your appearance or achievements

Answer 31

vanity

Question 32

the state of being too proud of yourself and your actions

Answer 32

conceit