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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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