Useful idioms

How do you say "to feel/be a bit sick". Complete the idiom:

TO BE/FEEL..........

• under the weather

• in bad shape

• over the moon

• in the pink

How do you say "to be very happy". Complete:

TO BE ....

• above the sky

• over the planet

• on spirits

• on cloud nine

It´s on the tip of my ..............

(to be unable to remember a word but feel you will very soon)

• mouth

• lips

• tongue

• teeth

It rings a ......................

(to remind you of something)

• a thought

• a ball

• a bell

• a clock

It isn´t my cup of tea!

What does it mean?

• It´s not your speciality

• You don´t like it

• You don´t understand it

• You don´t agree

Complete: "to learn something by.........."

(to remember something perfectly without having to understand it)

• mind

• lug

• mouth

• heart

Complete: " safe and .........."

(to be OK, to be alright)

• sound

• well

• ok

• great

How do you say to be the teacher´s favourite student?

• Teacher´s dog

• Teacher´s cat

• Teacher´s pet

• Teacher´s chalk

What does it mean "to be a piece of cake"?

• to be very easy

• to be very funny

• to be very sweet

• to be very good

If you are talking about an event that

happens infrequently, you would say.......

• never again

• twice an earth

• once in a blue moon

• when cats can fly