Troubles

Question 1

loose lips sink ships

Answer 1

gossiping is bad

Question 2

call a spade a spade

Answer 2

say what you mean say what you think it is

Question 3

speak the truth and shame the devil

Answer 3

be honest

Question 4

take it with a pinch/grain of salt

Answer 4

skeptically with reservations

Question 5

he would peal an orange in his pocket

Answer 5

stingy or mean

Question 6

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

Answer 6

Well-intended acts can have disastrous results

Question 7

they have no airs or graces

Answer 7

they have idea how important they are positive thing

Question 8

bolt out of the blue

Answer 8

completely unexpected

Question 9

knocks the socks of

Answer 9

to surprise somebody thoroughly

Question 10

I meant no harm

Answer 10

well-intended act that caused damage to one other

Question 11

to take it in your stride

Answer 11

it doesn’t really bother you

Question 12

the weather put a spanner in the works

Answer 12

to cause something to fail to cause a problem ‘roet in het eten’ {slaat op omstandigheden}

Question 13

if push comes to shove

Answer 13

als het echt moet

Question 14

we’ve come a long way

Answer 14

Make considerable progress or improvement

Question 15

you’re damned if you do you’re damned if you don’t

Answer 15

all aoptions have a downside

Question 16

to rock the boat

Answer 16

to shake things up cause problems

Question 17

get carried away

Answer 17

get over-excited or overdo

Question 18

jump down someone’s throat

Answer 18

be irritable or petulant

Question 19

throw something together

Answer 19

cobble together assemble roughly

Question 20

not give an inch

Answer 20

inflexible obstinate dig your heels in

Question 21

get up someone’s nose

Answer 21

irritate irk antagonize

Question 22

make a meal of something

Answer 22

spend a lot of time on something in an annoying way

Question 23

too big for your boots

Answer 23

big-headed or arrogant or conceited

Question 24

wriggle out of something

Answer 24

avoid doing something

Question 25

pull your socks up

Answer 25

knuckle down or work hard

Question 26

throw your weight around

Answer 26

be bossy overbearing bully

Question 27

swept under the carpet

Answer 27

to cover something

Question 28

gloom and doom

Answer 28

an account or prediction of adversity especially in economic or business affairs; bad news

Question 29

future is bright future is bleak

Answer 29

positive negative future

Question 30

I have a lot/too much on my plate

Answer 30

to have as an immediate task,obligation, or prospect

?(swords) in the air

Question 31

it stands to reason

Answer 31

there is a certain logic