nook , which has meant an out-of-the-way corner since the mid-1300s, with cranny , which has meant a crack or crevice since about 1440. Neither noun is heard much other

Fingers and thumbs	неуклюжий
Nook and cranny	везде	nook, which has meant "an out-of-the-way corner" since the mid-1300s, with cranny, which has meant "a crack or crevice" since about 1440. Neither noun is heard much other than in this idiom.
Life and soul of the party	Душа компании	a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
Hustle and bustle	Бешенный ритм
Skin and bone	Кожа да кости
Cock and bull	То, во что трудно поверить
Hand in glove	Рука об руку	based on the literal meaning of fit like a glove (to fit your body perfectly)
Flesh and blood	Плоть и кровь	This idiom comes from an Old English translation of the Bible
Back to front	Задом наперед
Fun and games	Веселье
Tooth and nail	Жестоко и беспощадно
Ups and downs	Взлеты и падения

Fill in the missing idioms from box in the sentences below

1. The police work... with townspeople to catch the criminal
2. All modern magazines are full of fotos with models who are...
3. Luiza always brings to the party guitar for John who is an absolute...
4. Jack has forgotten the wedding date and now his wife fightes with... with him
5. I’ve broken my mother’s cup. I’m all...
6. My dad are fond of telling... storis to make us going to bed.
7. Old Penelopy has lost her glasses and now we are helping her looking in every...
8. Nobody will be with you all your life exept your family who is your...
9. Building your career be ready to have..., but don’t give out.
10. Big towns live in.... People are very tired of it and go to their villages.
11. Little children prefer... to sitting in silence.
12. To understand difficult topics of philosophy you may need to study them...

Answers:

1. Hand in glove
2. Skin and bone
3. Life and soul of the party
4. Tooth and nail
5. Fingers and thumbs
6. Cock and bull
7. Nook and cranny
8. Flesh and blood
9. Ups and downs
10. Hustle and bustle
11. Fun and games
12. Back to front

Join idioms in the baloons with Russian equivalent inside the circle.

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Answers:

What’s the point? – А в чём смысл?

Be at a loose end – Ничего не делать

Its’ not the end of the world – Всё обойдется!

Make ends meet – Свести концы

I take your point – Соглашусь с тобой

A weight off your mind – Освободиться от тяжелых мыслей

Give someone a piece of your mind – Сказать всё, что думаешь

Slip your mind – Всё забыть

Drop someone a line – Черкнуть пару строк

Read between the lines – Читать меж строк

To give smb one’s word	Обещать
Have a whale of time	Проводить весело время
Doing time	Сидеть (в тюрьме)
To mince sb’s words	Говорить прямо
Which way the wind is blowing	Куда подует ветер
In next to no time	Быть быстро доставленным
You mark my words	Запомни мои слова!
Go back a long way	Давно знаемся
Out of the way	На отшибе
Mum’s my words	Ничего не говори
Kill time	Убивать время

Read the speech bubbles below and then decide which idioms are being described.

1. When you go to your friend’s place and find it far away? You say:

2. When you are out of patience and have no arguments you began

3. When you promise you pronounce:

4. Convicing your friend to keep heк secret you say:

5. You wait to make the decision and want to look forward to future events, you see

6 you want your parcel to arrive like a flash:

7. There is nobody who can be such close friends as you are, you

8. Small children like playing games because they are crasy of

9. Instead of doing homework Join likes to watch TV and on this way:

10.He was caught and now he is in prison and he’s

11. When you know what will happen next you say this fact adding

Answers:

1. Out of the way

2. To mince sb’s words

3. To give smb one’s word

4. Mum’s my words

5. Which way the wind is blowing

6. In next to no time

7. Go back a long way

8. Have a whale of time

9. Kill time

10. Doing time

11. You mark my words

Choose the wrong idiom and underline it.

1.Ask...

a. a question b. Permission c. a cake

2. Break

a. the ice b. The way c. a promise

3. Catch...

a. a gun b. A bus c. a cold

4. Draw...

a. public b. a conclusion c. the curtains

5. Give...

a. advice b. thanks c. beans

6. Hold...

a. the fort b. sea c. the line

7. Lose...

a. fingers b. face c. temper

8. Make...

a. a living b. a profit c. a picture

9. Pay...

a. a bill b. decision c. attention

10. Read...

a. thought b. a book c. between the lines

Break the ice - to make people who have not met before feel more relaxed with each other

Draw the curtans - to pull curtains so that they are either together or apart

Hold the fort - to have responsibility for something while someone is absent

Read between the lines - to try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write

kittens the ice the sights the fool wonders a bomb the shots the queue the sack public the jackpot strings riot the plunge a party

Choose from the box appropriate word to make the idioms in the sentences complete

1. He bought a bulletin and suddenly hit...
2. After thinking over this problem the whole month you take...
3. Fortunately weather was wonderful and we saw all... of Madrid.
4. He was so crazy that day in other words -...
5. I have... I’ve failed my exam.
6. Working hard all his life he doesn’t make... as his neighbour does stealing money.
7. Pretty old women was in such a hurry that without any problems jumped... to the bank.
8. His mother prepared hot tea and tasty buns and this made Julia break... with his girlfriend.
9. In our group there is no leader but one of the girls liked to call... which helps to feel comfortable in studying.
10. New president do... in qustion of world relationships and is lucky in it.
11. Having done few mistakes in a new project and being late he got...
12. The new year in this coutry began with going... and modern reforms.
13. She had no good ideas exept playing... to persuade her mum to let go for a walk.
14. This is great! – Yes! Her director knows when and where to pull...
15. She has her birthday and that’s why she threw a great...

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