Family Idioms
What idiom do we use to refer to the person who holds the authority?
To wear the pants
What idioms means sons tend to be similar to their fathers?
Like father, like son
What does timid mean?
shy
What tense do we use to describe a situation that happened in the past that we think has ended?
past simple
What does lie through your teeth mean?
What idiom means to be the person who brings shame to their family by being different or doing something wrong?
The black sheep (of the family)
What idiom means over-attentive/over-protective child-raising?
helicopter parenting
What does hypocritical mean?
false
What tense do we use for an action or situation that started in the past which connect to the present?
present perfect simple
What does miss the point mean?
to not understand something
What idiom means to try to achieve the same things that someone else (usually a family member) has already done?
follow someone's footsteps
What idiom means to be born into a wealthy and privileged family?
be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
What does assertive mean?
confident
What tense do we use for a situation that happened before another event in the past?
past perfect
What does get something off your chest mean?
What idioms means a fundamental part of who that person is and something that is ingrained in that person’s family?
In one's blood
What idiom means to to look extremely similar to someone (physically)?
be the spitting image of someone
What does impetuous mean?
someone who is likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking carefully
What tense do we use to describe a process going on from one point in the past to the present?
What does take something to heart mean?
To take criticism/something someone said about you very seriously and be upset by it
What idiom means to have a disagreement with someone which ruins the relationship with that person?
To fall a fall out
What idiom means the person who someone loves most and is very proud of?
apple of one's eye
What does pugnacious mean?
Someone who is quick to start an argument or a fight
What tense do we use to say that something will be completed by a particular time in the future?
future perfect
What does eat humble pie mean?
admit that you were wrong about something