The couple decided to leave the ………………race and move to a small farm in the country instead.

Why not ask your family for a loan- after all, blood  is …………………………… than water.

Donna always does whatever Jim tells her to do. She’s like …………….. in his hands.

Emily is an outstanding pupil. She’s passed every exam with flying ……………………..

When you forget old quarrels, you ………………

It was a(n)  …………………. awakening  when Tim discovered he had no money in the bank.

As a matter of ……………………,we bought the radiator at the same shop yesterday.

To go cold …………………means to suddenly stop a (usually dangerous) behavior, such as drinking alcohol.

After failing her law exam for the third time, Chris decided to ……………………it  a day.

‘Go bananas’ means:

The synonym of being very lively and energetic:

When somebody  teases you in a friendly manner, he/she pulls your ……………….. .

During the earthquake,  Mandy escaped from the building by the ……………… of her teeth before it collapsed.

To work very late at night to achieve something means : ‘ burn the midnight ………………..’

Your  TV set is ancient. Why don’t you sell it and get something up to …………………?

The police searched the alleged murderer’s flat for evidence, but it was as clean as …………….. .

What does the idiom ‘turn a blind eye to something’ mean?

‘Play the second fiddle’ means:

 The children were afraid to enter the cave as it was ………………..- black.

When you are in competition with other people for a higher social standard you:  ’keep up with the …………’

His original manuscript was not accepted so he had to go back to……………………. one and rewrite it.

When you feel depressed, you are…………………………..

I couldn’t believe it when I saw them together in ………………….  daylight!

My parents’ company fell deeper and deeper into the ………………… and eventually went bankrupt.

When the girl was trapped under the car, a man lifted it with his ……………..…..hands and saved her.

We tried to calculate  the number of known stars in the universe. The number was just ……..……..- boggling.

Mark tends to …………… his head in the sand when he gets into dire trouble.

When you want to say something in few words, you say it …………………..

Katie’s creative approach to teaching was like a ……………….of  fresh air to her students.

‘Thumb a lift’  means:

When Peter saw my new car he was …………………. with envy.

When you disappear completely, you :

The crowd ……………………. in disagreement as the president left the platform.

What does the idiom  ‘under the weather’  mean?

Gillian hasn’t a ………………….. about how to fix a flat tyre.

When you feel a great deal of affection for somebody or like them a lot, you have a …………………….for somebody.

Laura thinks her son can do no wrong- he’s the apple of her ………………………..

If something  ‘costs an arm and a leg’, it means that …………..

Ted tried to teach his son to appreciate opera, but he was just ……………..pearls before swine.

‘Many happy returns’  is used to: