Idioms In English

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Idioms quiz
Prepared by Ekaterina Sorokina, group 6A,
Faculty of History, a student of Gaugn

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Hard nut to crack
nuts are hard to chew
difficult task
always hard to start
Well, it's hard nut to crack.

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Sell like hot cakes
be in demand
sell fresh baked goods
send a parcel first class
Did you see him, he was sell like hot cakes!

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Bad apple
Rotten apple
Blackguard
black sheep
He burned cat's tale, fought with classmates,
smashed the window...He is bad apple!

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When pigs fly
sit and wait
no one knows when
grandma said in two
We talk about it when pigs fly.

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Butterflies in the stomach
neither alive nor dead
worry very much
cockroaches in head
When he was returned he was butterflies in the
stomach.

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