Little Women

Question 1

a double-edged sword

Answer 1

something that has or can have both favorable and unfavorable consequences

Question 2

isn’t all a bed of roses

Answer 2

not easy

Question 3

Meg woke up heavy-eyed

Answer 3

did not sleep well

Question 4

Being under constant scrutiny

Answer 4

being under constant observation

Question 5

Keeping your feet on the ground

Answer 5

remain practical and sensible

Question 6

drive you round the bend.

Answer 6

to make someone very bored or very angry
My mother’s been driving me around the bend.

Question 7

get their big breaks

Answer 7

A breakthrough

Question 8

blowing smoke up your backside

Answer 8

a rude phrase meaning to lie to someone in a way that flatters them

Question 9

the best thing since sliced bread

Answer 9

something is the best and most useful innovation or development invented for a long time

Question 10

take a turn for the worse

Answer 10

is to become worse

Question 11

precipitous

Answer 11

dangerously high or steep.

Question 12

not all doom and gloom

Answer 12

feeling of having no hope in situation

Question 13

disenfranchise

Answer 13

to deprive of the right

Question 14

plights

Answer 14

ENGAGE

Question 15

got your heart set on

Answer 15

determined

Question 16

take the rough with the smooth

Answer 16

accept the unpleasant aspects of life as well as the good

Question 17

in the blink of an eye

Answer 17

extremely quickly