What’s the biggest obstacle in your journey of
exploring English? It could be grammar, pronunciation, or huge amount of
vocabulary that seems to be endless. Above all, idiomatic expressions that have
hidden, figurative meanings. Without understanding the cultural background or
conventional usage of idioms, one can hardly imagine what those words are
supposed to mean.
Using
the given list of idioms and your imagination, try to choose a proper
expression to fill in the blank of each sentence below.
a. play hooky b. inner circle
c. hack around
d. hit someone up with
e. salty f. fat cat
g. floored h. hump day i. jazz up
j. wet blanket
1.
Please don’t ask Jennifer to join our party tonight. She is such a ______________________, and nobody will have
a blast at the party with her there.
2.
This is a super scoop about the scandal! No one but his ___________________
knows what happened.
3.
I heard that Jason broke up with his girlfriend. To make matters worse, he got
laid off at work. He feels terribly ______________ now.
4.
I feel so exhausted on _________________ because I work to the bone from sunup
to midnight in the middle of the week.
5.
Well, I don’t quite like the dingy bathtub bottom and the dilapidated shower
curtain. It’s time to __________________________ the bathroom.
6.
It was nice chatting with you today! Please ________________________ soon
again, alright?
7.
When Robin was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he became totally
__________________.
8.
Be careful not to deal with your ___________________ clients who donate
astronomical amount of money. Quite often times, they belong to a huge gangster
or Mafia group.
9.
The finals are in two days! Why don’t you just stop ________________________ and
start reviewing?
10.
Jordan got suspended at school because he had ______________________ more than
5 times in a month.
Clues to Solve:
play hooky: (verb)
to skip school or work without leaving notice/ good excuses
inner circle: (noun)
a group of people who fall in line under the leader or head of a particular
group
hack around: (verb)
to do nothing but diddle around or pass one's time idly with no definite
purpose.
hit someone up: (verb)
to stay in touch/ to contact someone
salty: (adjective)
unpleasant/ lousy
fat cat:
(noun) wealthy/ powerful person especially engaged in business or politics
(containing negative connotations
as the description for greedy, rich people who lead an easy life based upon the
hard work of others)
floored: (adjective)
the state of being emotionally drained or feeling nervous breakdown just like
hitting the bottom because of something overwhelmingly hard to deal with(e.g.,
bad news/ accidents/ disasters etc) This adjective is normally associated with
a NEGATIVE emotion.
Hump day: (noun)
the middle of a week, which is Wednesday
jazz up: (verb)
to make something more exciting or look fancier
wet blanket:
(noun) (synonym: party pooper) somebody who ruins the excitement or joy of
others
Answer Keys: 1.
wet blanket 2. Inner circle 3. salty or floored 4. Hump days
5.
jazz up 6. hit me up 7. Floored 8. fat cat 9. hacking around
10.
played hooky
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