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Here's a list of animals. Choose the right one and put it into the following idioms.
Careful! Sometimes you may have to change the form.
bird butterlfy camel cat dog fish lion pig rat
- Before my driving test I had ..... in my stomach.
- It's been raining ..... and ..... for days.
- Peter got the ..... share of the money they inherited.
- When I travelled to the country last Monday I was killing two ..... with one stone,
doing business and visiting an old friend.
- Keep my secret, please. I don't want to let the ..... out of the bag yet.
- Even if the food is good, don't make a/n ..... of yourself at the wedding.
- A lot of people are already fed up with the ..... race of modern life.
- The riot broke out because prisoners were treated like ......
- Are you ..... for compliments?
Now here are the definitions of the idioms above. Match the definitions ( numbers ) with the idioms ( letters ).
- the largest and best part
- rain very heavily
- the frantic, competitive struggle to be better than others
- achieve two aims with only one effort/ action
- reveal a secret
- try to get something
- an addititional problem that makes present problems intolerable
- treat someone badly, without consideration of his feelings
a. rat race
b. to kill two birds with one stone
c. to fish for something
d. raining cats and dogs
e. to make a pig out of oneself
f. to have butterflies in one`s stomach
g. the lion`s share of something
h. to treat someone like a dog
i. to let the cat out of the bag
Yes, you are right. The list is one short. Can you give a definition for the last idiom?
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correct solution now`s the time to check your answers.