ESL Program Meeting Idioms

If you have a lot of work to do, you are up to your ______ in work.

An expression that means to get started is "get things ______________."

• wheeling

• rolling

• driving

• wrapping

The idiom "finding a needle in a haystack" means...

• You found something lucky

• Something is easy to find

• Something is hard to find.

• Finding your way in a new city

When you get permission to do something, you can say, " I got the _________light."

When you're hoping to do something difficult, you can say "it's a ________ order."

• short

• long

• fat

• tall

The idiom "bottom line" refers to...

• The main point

• the last sentence

• the first point

• the introduction of a speech

If you're a helpful person, you're happy to "lend a ________"

• foot

• finger

• thumb

• hand