verbs
Choose the correct verb to complete the idiom: Even though they broke up years ago, she still holds/carries a torch for her ex-boyfriend.
carries
Complete the sentence with one word:
I know something’s wrong, but I just can’t put my _________ on it.
finger
Complete the phrase: I met her at the café, and we just sat there and chewed the ________ for hours.
fat
Choose the correct preposition: When the company faced financial troubles, they started grasping for/at/on straws to find a solution, trying every idea possible.
at
Complete the sentence: To get the project approved quickly, they offered a small donation to grease the ________ and smooth the approval process.
wheels
Which verb completes all three idioms? 1) ______ caution to the wind 2) ______ someone under the bus 3) ______ in the towel
throw
What idiom means to be ‘disrespectfully bold’?
have the cheek
Replace the phrase in italics with an idiom: Sorry, I wasn’t going to complain and make everyone uncomfortable.
kick up a fuss
Complete the gap with a preposition: Even though their business faced many challenges, they supported each other _________ thick and thin.
through
Think of a Business English idiom that has an animal in it. The idiom uses the animal twice.
dog-eat-dog world
Complete the sentence with an idiom using two verbs. You can add other words if needed. get / go / prove / show
She didn’t study but still passed with flying colours. It ______ that natural talent counts, too.
goes to show
Create a sentence with ‘have a chip on one’s shoulder’. The sentence should contain at least 15 words.
Ever since he was overlooked for the promotion, he’s had a chip on his shoulder, constantly criticizing everyone else’s work.
Think of an idiom for the definition and create a sentence with the idiom: to decline an invitation or offer but suggest it might happen later.
take a rain check
Name two idioms with the preposition ‘in’ for the synonyms below: happy: in ___; untalented: ___ in __
in one's element; not have a creative bone in one's body
Complete the dialogue using the idiom with the verb ‘go’: a: She’s so talented and driven.
b: Yes, ...
she will go places
Name three idioms with the verb ‘get’.
get a word in edgeways, get one’s act together, get out of someone’s hair
Name three idioms with the word ‘head’.
bite someone’s head off, go over someone’s head, be in over one’s head
Unscramble the words to create two idioms. Then, create a mini-dialogue (two lines) using an idiom in each. for / send / life / someone / me / packing / the / of
a: I can’t for the life of me understand why they are not together anymore! b: Me neither. She just sent him packing one day.
Unscramble the words to create two idioms. Then, create two sentences – one with each idiom: depth/end/at/one’s/the/of/of/tether/out/one’s
out of depth; at the end of one's tether
Rewrite the sentence using an idiom: The management won’t be truly motivated unless they have something to lose, just like the investors do.
have some skin in the game