P5 Term 2 - Idioms

To have butterflies in your stomach means to be ...

• angry

• sad

• nervous

• frustrated

A 'smart alec' is a person who ...

• is very intelligent

• is very diligent

• tries hard to annoy others

• tries to appear smart or answers questions in ways that annoy others

A person living on borrowed time is expected to ...

• continue to struggle

• continue to exist longer than expected

• waste time doing unnecessary things

• use time wisely

To be pressed for time means to be ...

• on time

• out of time

• punctual

• in a hurry

When something is done in record time, it is done ...

• very quickly, or in the fastest time recorded

• in an amount of time that is considered long

• very slowly as the task is difficult

• very carefully as the task is dangerous

When you are dressed to the nines, you are ...

• wearing old-fashioned clothes

• overdressed

• wearing fashionable or formal clothes for a special occasion

• not dressed appropriately for an occasion

When you blow your own trumpet, you ...

• solve your own problems

• always ask others for help

• boast about how good or successful you are

• speak loudly to others

When you burn the midnight oil, you ...

• are living in a bad state

• have a dangerous occupation

• do things only when it is too late

• work late in the night

When you turn a deaf ear to something said, you ...

• have difficulty understanding others

• ignore what others are saying

• cannot hear what is said

• listen only to yourself

If you are on thin ice, you are ...

• in a precarious or delicate situation

• feeling very cold

• feeling very nervous

• in a bad state of health