IDIOMS/PHRASES
l Tell your story; we’re all ears. l Doctors and nurses worked l The garage is a mile ahead up
The best option is attentive around the clock to help the the hill; just follow your nose.
551. (2) salad days = the time when people injured in the train The best option is to go straight
you are young and do not have crash. ahead
much experience of life. The best option is day and night 568. (3) a feather in your cap : an
l I met her in my salad days. 560. (4) come to light : to become action that you can be proud of
The best option is adolescence known to people l A new television series will be
552. (1) cool (Adj.) : marked by self- l New evidence has recently come another feather in his cap.
control to light. The best option is an achieve-
cool about working : not tense The best option is been revealed ment
about working 561. (4) not see eye to eye with 569. (3) above board : legal and hon-
l She’s cool about working in any somebody : to not share the est; very clear, without any se-
shift. same views as somebody about cret.
The best option is ready to work. something. l Don’t worry ; the deal was com-
l The two of them have never pletely above-board.
553. (2) throw dust into one’s eyes:
to confuse/mislead; to deceive seen eye to eye on politics. The best option is without any
The best option is to have the secret
l He threw dust into our eyes
by pretending to be a jeweller same opinion 570. (3) go haywire : to stop working
and then disappeared with the 562. (4) in Dutch : in trouble correctly or become out of con-
diamonds. trol.
l I’m in Dutch with my parents
The best option is cheat me l The clock seems to have gone a
for my low grades.
haywire.
554. (1) took after : to look/behave The best option is in trouble
like an older member of your The best option is became out
563. (2) wild goose chase : a futile of control
family, especially your mother/ search/pursuit
father 571. (2) break off : to end something
l I think she sent us on a wild
l Your daughter doesn’t take af- suddenly.
goose chase looking for our l He broke off in the middle of a
ter you at all.
beach house. sentence.
The best option is similar to
The best option is useless search The best option is suddenly
555. (1) beyond the pale : considered
564. (3) add fuel to the fire : to make stopped
by most people to be unaccept-
an argument continue or get 572. (1) at random : without deciding
able or unreasonable.
worse. in advance what is going to hap-
l His remarks were clearly be-
l She was upset, and your mak- pen/without any regular pattern
yond the pale.
ing fun of her added fuel to the l She opened the book at random
The best option is outside com-
fire. and started reading.
monly accepted standards
The best option is worsened The best option is without any
556. (4) nine days’ wonder : a per-
son/thing that makes people matters aim
excited for a short time but does 565. (2) fight shy of something : to 573. (4) backseat driver : a person
not last very long be unwilling to accept something who wants to be in control of
l The elopement of Bob and Anne or do something and to try to something that is not their re-
was a nine days’ wonder. avoid it. sponsibility.
The best option is a dazzling l I know the danger ; I see it and l My mom drives us all crazy with
short-lived spectacle of no real I tell myself that I must fight shy her instructions ; she’s an incur-
value of it. able back seat driver.
557. (1) watching grass grow : delay The best option is avoid The best option is person who
in getting things done; boring. 566. (1) latch on to something = to gives unwanted advice.
l To watch somebody fishing is understand an idea or what 574. (3) tall tales : something that a
like watching grass grow. somebody is saying; to become person talks about in a very
attached to somebody/some- proud way ; boasting.
The best option is very boring
thing; to develop a strong inter- l My uncle claims that he was
558. (1) when the balloon goes up :
est in something. raised in a drainage ditch, but
when the trouble that you are
l The stray dog latched onto the
it’s just another of his tall tales.
expecting begins.
children and wouldn’t go home. The best option is boasting
l We have to get out of here be-
fore the balloon goes up. The best option is promoted 575. (1) give way : to break or fall
567. (4) follow your nose : to act ac- down ; collapse.
The best option is the situation
turns unpleasant/ serious cording to what seems right or l The pillars gave way and a sec-
reasonable, rather than follow- tion of the roof collapsed.
559. (3) around the clock : all day
and all night without stopping. ing any particular rules The best option is collapsed
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