Idioms (Part 4)

Question 1

Cost an arm and a leg

Answer 1

be very expensive

Question 2

Crocodile tears

Answer 2

false tears

Question 3

Cross one’s mind

Answer 3

think of something

Question 4

Cry over spilt milk

Answer 4

grieve over something that can’t be put right

Question 5

Cut corners

Answer 5

be less thorough

Question 6

Cut somebody dead

Answer 6

ignore somebody

Question 7

Cut to the bone

Answer 7

reduce to the minimum

Question 8

Don’t hold your breath

Answer 8

don’t wait for somebody/something anxiously

Question 9

Down in the dumps

Answer 9

depressed/miserable

Question 10

Down the drain

Answer 10

wasted; lost

Question 11

Drive a hard bargain

Answer 11

be a tough businessman

Question 12

Ease off

Answer 12

reduce in degree, speed or intensity

Question 13

Eat ones hear out

Answer 13

feel jealous/sad about something

Question 14

Face the music

Answer 14

be criticized or punished for something you have done

Question 15

Fair and square

Answer 15

within the rules

Question 16

Fall head over heels

Answer 16

fall in love quickly

Question 17

Fall into place

Answer 17

become clear

Question 17

Feel in one’s bones

Answer 17

feeling something instinctively

Question 18

Flog a dead horse

Answer 18

waste time doing something useless

Question 19

Fly off the handle

Answer 19

quickly become very angry