Unit 2

Question 1

an old flame

Answer 1

Sb one was once in love with

Question 2

wear your heart on your sleeve

Answer 2

Allow your feelings to be too obvious

Question 3

see eye to eye with sb on sth

Answer 3

Agree about matters

Question 4

all’s fair in love and war

Answer 4

All actions are justified where there are feelings of love or rivalry

Question 5

the bee’s knees

Answer 5

Be the beat there is

Question 6

fan the flames of sth

Answer 6

Make a feeling like anger, hate etc. worse

Question 7

at heart

Answer 7

What sb is really like although they seem different

Question 8

in good heart

Answer 8

Happy and cheerful

Question 9

be etched on your heart/memory/mind

Answer 9

Sth has made an impression on you

Question 10

close/near/dear to sb’s heart

Answer 10

Having a lot of importance or interest to sb

Question 11

have a heart of stone

Answer 11

Person who does not sympthy

Question 12

sb’s heart is in their mouth

Answer 12

Nervous/ frightened

Question 13

a man/woman after your own heart

Answer 13

Has the same things and opinions

Question 14

pour out/open your heart to sb

Answer 14

Tell sb all your feelings, thoughts, problems, etc.

Question 15

strike fear, etc. into sb’s heart

Answer 15

Make sb afraid, etc.

Question 16

set your heart on sth | have your heart set on sth

Answer 16

Be very determined to achieve sth

Question 17

take heart from sth

Answer 17

Feel more posituve due to sth

Question 18

tear/rip the heart out of sth

Answer 18

Destroy the most important part of sth

Question 19

to your heart’s content

Answer 19

As much as you want

Question 20

warm the cockles of sb’s heart

Answer 20

Make sb feel happy or sympatheic

Question 21

the way to sb’s heart

Answer 21

The way to make sb like or love you

Question 22

bury your hatchet

Answer 22

Forget old quarrels

Question 23

play hard to get

Answer 23

Pretend you are not interested in sb

Question 24

like putty in sb’s hands

Answer 24

Easily controlled or manipulated

Question 25

drive sb round the bend

Answer 25

Make sb feel annoyed or crazy

Question 26

in clover

Answer 26

In prosperity, wealth, comfort