Voc U79 (Multi-word expressions)

Question 1

to feel unwell

Answer 1

to feel under the weather

Question 2

it is rather old and broken down

Answer 2

it has seen better days

Question 3

to sit down

Answer 3

to take the weight of your feet

Question 4

to misunderstand

Answer 4

to get a hold of the wrong end of the stick

Question 5

to trick/deceive someone

Answer 5

to pull a fast one

Question 6

to interfere

Answer 6

to poke your nose into (smth)

Question 7

to feel extremely happy/elated

Answer 7

to feel over the moon

Question 8

to be depressed/low

Answer 8

to feel down in the dumps

Question 9

to have a negative bank balance

Answer 9

to be in red

Question 10

to be very stupid/silly

Answer 10

to be as daft as a brush

Question 11

to be the worst of all

Answer 11

to take the biscuit

Question 12

to be a nuisance/a difficult person

Answer 12

to be a pain in the neck

Question 13

to behave very well (usually used about children)

Answer 13

as good as gold

Question 14

to exaggerate the importance of everything

Answer 14

to make a meal out of

Question 15

to go/leave

Answer 15

to make a move

Question 16

to want money/power for oneself

Answer 16

on the make

Question 17

to make slow and difficult progress

Answer 17

to make heavy weather

Question 18

to be mistaken

Answer 18

barking up the wrong tree