Idioms u3

Question 1

OTHERS

Answer 1

to go along with others

to agree or act in accordance with others in the group.

Question 2

ALOOF

Answer 2

To stand aloof

to distance yourself from others or refuse to participate.

Question 3

CROWD

Answer 3

to go with the crowd/flow

to conform to what everyone else is doing

Question 4

HEAD

Answer 4

to hold your head high

to be proud or confident

Question 5

LINE

Answer 5

to be brought/ bring sb into the line

to cause sb to conform or to be fored to conform

Question 6

LINE X2

Answer 6

to get/ to fall into the line

to conform or agree with somebody else’s rules or demands

Question 7

SHOULDER

Answer 7

To give sb/ get the cold shoulder

to deliberately ignore or reject someone

Question 8

SHELL

Answer 8

To stay/ retire / crawl into one’s shell

to withdraw one self from social interaction

Question 9

WAY

Answer 9

to go one’s way

to follow one’s own path or direction

Question 10

ALONE

Answer 10

to go it alone

to do something by oneself, without assistance

Question 11

YOURSELF

Answer 11

to keep to yourself

to keep one thoughts or activities private.

Question 12

PATTERN

Answer 12

to fit a pattern

to conform to a regular or predictable behavior or characteristic

Question 13

WOLF

Answer 13

to be a lone wolf

a person who prefers to act independently

Question 14

PARIAH

Answer 14

to be a pariah

Someone who everyone hates or avoids = to be an outcast

Question 15

PEG

Answer 15

to be a square peg in a round hole

SOmeone who does not fit into a particular situation or environment.

Question 16

EYEBROWS

Answer 16

to raise eyebrows

To cause surprise, shock, or disapproval.

Question 17

BRIDGE

Answer 17

To bridge the gap/ gulf/ divide (between A and B)

to reduce or overcome the distance or differences between two things or group

Question 18

HOLD

Answer 18

to hold all the cards

to have all the advantage or power in a situtation.

Question 19

HOLD

Answer 19

to hold good

to remain true, applicable or valid.

Question 20

HOLD

Answer 20

to hold one’s own

to maintain one’s position or condition despite all the challenges

Question 21

HOLD

Answer 21

to hold the road

to maintain the steady course or direction, especially by driving

Question 22

HOLD

Answer 22

to hold water

to be sound, valid, reasonable

Question 23

HOLD

Answer 23

to (not) hold a candle to

to (not) compare favorably with, or (not) be as good as

Question 24

PLEDGED

Answer 24

to be pledged to fight comformity

comitted to resisting standarization or uniformity

Question 25

ENVELOPE

Answer 25

to push the envelope

To extend the limits of what is possible, to innovate

Question 26

SWITCH

Answer 26

to switch up sb’s actions

to change someone’s behavior or actions

Question 27

HERD

Answer 27

to follow the held ( negative connotation)

to behave like the majority, often without thinking independently.