Phrases

Question 1

• hitch (one’s) wagon to (someone or something)

Answer 1

• to attempt to benefit from something or someone else’s success or potential by closely associating with it or them.

Question 2

• stink (or smell) to high heaven

Answer 2

• stink (or smell) to high heaven.

The quayside stank to high heaven of salt fish.

Question 3

• lord it over

Answer 3

• to act in a way that shows one thinks one is better or more important than (someone).

Question 4

• give/receive no quarter

Answer 4

• do not show anypity or gentleness when dealing with someone, especially anenemy.

Question 5

• take to task

Answer 5

• scold, reprimand, lecture, or hold one accountable for some wrong or error they committed.

Question 6

• pay one’s dues

Answer 6

• fulfil one’s obligations.

Question 7

• talk a blue streak (informal, North American)

Answer 7

• speak continuously and at great length.

Question 8

• at the height of sth

Answer 8

• the time when a situation or event is strongest or most full of activity.

Question 9

• one and all

Answer 9

• everyone.

Question 10

• be home free

Answer 10

• to be certain to succeed at something because you have done the most difficult part of it.

Question 11

• at one remove

Answer 11

• when you do not do it or experience it yourself, but someone else does it or experiences it instead of you.

Question 12

• be out of the woods

Answer 12

• no longer in danger or dealing with a particular difficulty, though not entirely resolved.

Question 13

• to a fault

Answer 13

• more than is necessary.

Question 14

• alive to something

Answer 14

• thinking about something or familiar with it.

Question 15

• fold something into something

Answer 15

• to make something small part of something larger by joining them together.

Question 16

• baked something in

Answer 16

• Incorporate something as an integral part of a product, service, or system.

Question 17

• pay lip service to something

Answer 17

• to say that you agree with something but do nothing to support it.

Question 18

• sackcloth and ashes

Answer 18

• used with allusion to the wearing of sackcloth and having ashes sprinkled on the head as a sign of penitence or mourning.

Question 19

• take the teeth out of

Answer 19

• to make a dangerous or hostile thing harmless or benign.

Question 20

• miss me with that

Answer 20

• avoidance or unwillingness to hear something.

Question 21

• shine light on something

Answer 21

• to examine something more closely or explain it so that it becomes clearer.

Question 22

• above and beyond

Answer 22

• in excess of the expectations or demands of.

Question 23

• by all means

Answer 23

• of course; certainly (granting a permission).

Question 24

• shake your fist

Answer 24

• a way of showing that you are angry at someone.