Idiomatic phrases

I promise you not to tell anyone. My ....

• lips are sealed

• heart sank

• pain in the neck

• pulling her leg

• jumped out of my skin

Mark is really annoying. He's ...

• a pain in the neck

• on his las legs

• a lump in her throat

• pulling her leg

• off her chest

My mum says it's not true but I'm sure my sister is her favourite daughter she ...

• is the apple of her eye

• a pain in her neck

• is on the dole

• makes her blood boil

• gives her the cold shoulder

Elena completely ignored me this morning. She completely ...

• gave me the cold shoulder

• took my breath away

• my heart sank

• jumped out of my skin

• broke her heart

She was covered in bruises, she was.......... all over

• black and blue

• on her last legs

• lost her head

• broke her heart

• pulled her leg

When the school bell went off I got such a shock.

• I jumped out of my skin

• it took my breath away

• I got it off my chest

• It broke my heart

• It broke my heart

It really ....... when the doctor died in Grey's Anatomy.

• broke my heart

• pulled my leg

• pain in the neck

• made my blood boil

Janet felt relieved to confess having taken the money. It felt good to ....

• get it off her chest

• lose her head

• pull her leg

• keep her head

• break her heart

Answer explanation

When you get something off your chest you tell someone something that has been stressing you out.

Laura was really upset when her dog died....

• It broke her heart

• it pulled her leg

• made her blood boil

• took her breath away

• was a pain in the neck

At the end of a long day's work he was really tired.

• He was dead beat

• He was on the dole

• He was black and blue all over

• His heart sank

• He pulled his leg