Idioms 2 Flashcards
1
Q
A bad egg
A
A worthless person
2
Q
The apple of one’s eye
A
A favoured person
3
Q
To have no backbone
A
To have no will of one’s own
4
Q
To beat about the bush
A
To talk in a roundabout way
5
Q
To build castles in the air
A
To daydream
6
Q
To receive with open arms
A
To welcome cordially
7
Q
To take up arms
A
To go to war
8
Q
To kill two birds with one stone
A
To do two jobs with one action
9
Q
To bite the hand that feeds you
A
To harm or to be ungrateful to somebody who has helped you
10
Q
To be in black and white
A
To write it down on paper
