A - Match the following idioms with the most appropriate explanation Use the dictionary, if necessary a) Please, keep your hair on! I've just broken your valuable blue vase b) The man pressed a jewel into her hand c) I won't anything silly I have both feet on the ground! d) His debts pray on his mind so that he couldn’t sleep e) I was all ears when my father told us that we would go to Canada next holiday f) He made up his mind to go to China g) What's the name of that girl over there? It's on the tip of my tongue! h) Sandra pricked her finger when she was sewing i) I can’t work if you keep on saying silly things Just get off my back! j) Can you picture me in a mini-skirt? I listened attentively, with keen interested I imagine her wearing a mini-skirt He decided to go to China Stop annoying me! His debts trouble his mind Don’t get furious! The man forced her to accept something I always act with good sense She hurt herself with a sharp point 10 I can’t quite remember it B - Slang and informal expressions: When you use these expressions? Match them with the circumstances below a) - I am in a pickle! - She made a surprise b) - I have a thing for that girl c) - I’ll pick up the tab d) - She came out of the blue e) - She's getting all dolled up f) - I'm feeling a bit under the weather g) - He's riding the gravy train - He is rich - He is in trouble - He is in love - He'll take the responsibility - She is dressing up –He is ill Key: A 1.a) b) c) d) e) f) g) 10 h) i) j) B a) b) c) d) e) f) g)