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Test Your Vocabulary Skills<br />
Common Idioms 1<br />
Idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual<br />
words used.<br />
Match the idioms with the meaning keywords below:<br />
1. You’ve bitten off more than you can chew!<br />
2. I’ve been burning the midnight oil lately.<br />
3. He’s feeling down in the dumps.<br />
4. My brother’s a couch potato.<br />
5. It cost me an arm and a leg.<br />
6. Can we let sleeping dogs lie?<br />
7. That’s a bit far-fetched.<br />
8. Please stay in touch.<br />
9. Shall we call it a day?<br />
10. Don’t count your chickens before they’ve all hatched.<br />
Meaning Keywords:<br />
a) Unbelievable.<br />
b) Expensive.<br />
c) Finish.<br />
d) Working late.<br />
e) Will be difficult.<br />
f) Lazy.<br />
g) Unhappy.<br />
h) Write to me or call.<br />
i) Forget the past.<br />
j) Wait and see.<br />
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