Выбор фразеологизмов Choosing idioms

In listening comprehend hear understand

Pick out the right version out of the set given at the right and fill in the blank. Consult the dictionary to check your choice. Define what meaning is implied in the idiom (or its version) you prefer to use.

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1. The small boy was very brave. Even when the large dog growled at him and sho­wed its teeth he stood and did not turn....

2. He was too... and could not refuse money to his chil­dren and relatives whenever they asked for it.

3. When the boy asked his parents to allow him to learn to play the piano, they agreed because they knew he had a... for music.

4. The driver in the car missed death by a... breadth as he swerved to miss the passing petrol truck.

5. George's father was a pi­lot and I think he will be one too; flying is in his — варианты для выбора

a hand, a head,an eye, a hair, a toe

soft-hear- ted, warm­blooded, short-sigh­ted, heavy- livered, light-finge- red

Правиль­ный вариант a head soft­hearted good ear hair's blood

good ear, weak heart, hot blood, strong tas­te, hard head nail's, hair's, fin­ger's, foot's, shoulder's blood, ner­ve, heart, brain, nose

6. Our professor has four sons but it is the youngest son who is really the....

7. The judge said that the­re was no apparent motive or reason for the crime ahd that the accused had apparently killed his victim....

8. The advertisement of that suspense film said that it guaranteed to

9. Peter is a nasty sort of a person. He cannot help... other people's private affairs.

10. In the old films when the heroine was about to be foully murdered the hero always managed to rescue her just....

plum in his mouth, app­le of his eye, peach of his face, cherry of his cheek, grape of his blood

red-handed, with

a straight face, in bad blood, in cold blood, when his blood was up

warm the cockles of your heart, bring tears to your eyes, make your flesh creep, make your blood boil, make you see red poking his nose into, having a hand in, pulling a long face at, putting his foot in, turning his back on on the last day of the week, at the eleventh hour, at the final tick, as the clock struck thir- apple of his eye

when his blood was up

make your flesh creep

poking his nose into

at the ele­venth hour

teen, at the fifty-ninth second

pretty pen- pretty ny, delight- penny ful dollar, proud pound, dainty dime, shocking shilling

shot in the stab in the arm, stab in back the back, blow on the head, punch in the kid­ney, kick on the skin

11. Wow, it's quite a libra­ry you have, it must have cost a.... -

12. We could never imagine that he would deliver us such a blow, it looks like a....

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