Métaphores cycle 2

Question 1

To move to another adress

Answer 1

To weigh anchor

Question 2

Uneducated people will take ricks that educated people would not

Answer 2

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Question 3

The desired successor

Answer 3

the anointed one

Question 4

Very outmoded

Answer 4

antediluvian

Question 5

An isolated dishonest person in a good group

Answer 5

a rotten apple

Question 6

To illogically group unconnected things together

Answer 6

To add apples to oranges

Question 7

To totally destroy something

Answer 7

To apply the blowtorch to something

Question 8

An unexpected boost to revive someone’s enthusiasm

Answer 8

A shot in the arm

Question 9

To be excessively expensive

Answer 9

To cost an arm and a leg

Question 10

Enthusiastically

Answer 10

With open arms

Question 11

To convince someone to do something against his will or better judgement

Answer 11

To twist someone’s arm

Question 12

An opportunity to take advantage of a weakness

Answer 12

A chink in someone’s armor

Question 13

A very helpful person who is idealized

Answer 13

A knight in shining armor

Question 14

An additional reason to do something

Answer 14

An other arrow in one’s quiver

Question 15

To establish the pertinent facts and opinions

Answer 15

To ascertain the lay of the land

Question 16

To come back when thought to have been destroyed

Answer 16

To rise from the ashes like a Phoenix

Question 17

To act stupidly in person

Answer 17

To make an ass of oneself

Question 18

To be subject to conditions

Answer 18

To have strings attached

Question 19

To get overly excited about something

Answer 19

To get carried away

Question 20

To be faced with a large crowd or much demand

Answer 20

To be unable to keep people away with a big stick

Question 21

Under lack of supervision, the discipline will be lax

Answer 21

When the cat is away the mice will play

Question 22

A formidable, quarrelsome and hostile woman

Answer 22

An old battle-ax

Question 23

It is now too late

Answer 23

The ax has fallen

Question 24

To have a score to settle, to resent a decision or to have a vested interest

Answer 24

To have an ax to grind

Question 25

To have fear-reaching power

Answer 25

To have a long arm