Idioms & Phrasal verbs 1

Joe was sick two weeks ago and we were very worried, but now it looks like he is ___________.

• TAKE A BACK SEAT

• KICK THE BUCKET

• IS OUT OF THE WOODS

• HEART SANK

Explain with your own words this phrasal verb: "take a back seat".

Replace the phrase with an idiom "I suddenly felt depressed after hearing the news".

Their work has been fairly good. ___________, I still think there's a lot of room for improvement.

• Having said that

• After

• Before saying that

• And

Make a sentence using the expression "the next thing I knew..."

Replace the phrase: So they found out he'd been cheating. I wasn't surprised.

• My heart sank.

• The next thing I knew

• I was shocked

• I thought as much.

I don't know about forever, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better view. What does this mean with your own words?

Get out of bed on the wrong side

• used to say you are not surprised that sth is true.

• despite what has just been said

• used to say that sth happened very quickly and unexpectedly

• to be in a bad mood and to be easily annoyed all day

A subject that someone prefers not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed

• put my foot in it

• a sore point

• to be in a bad mood and to be easily annoyed all day

• used to say you are not surprised that sth is true.

What do you think happened to her?

• She got out of bed on the wrong side.

• She is hard pressed.

• She put her feet in something.

• She took a back seat.