Idioms - Expressions
This really gets my goat!
Get sb's goat - to feel annoyed or irritated by someone's action.
If you _________ (not/be) late,
we _________ (not/miss) the bus.
hadn't been / wouldn't have missed
After deliberating for twelve hours, the jury reached a unanimous ________ of guilty.
verdict
I ______________ (not/be) to London.
have never been
Which famous Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonard Da Vinci
We’ve been working on this project for 8 hours, let's call it a day.
Call it a day - to stop working or end an activity.
If she ____________ (go) to art school,
she ___________ (become) a painter.
had gone / would have become
The getaway driver was charged as an _________ to the bank robbery.
accomplice
She _________ (study) French before moving to Paris.
had studied
Charles Darwin
Take the weekend and try to blow off some steam!
Blow off some steam - to get rid of strong feelings like stress or anger.
If _____________ (be) for my life experience,
I ______________ (choose) a different university degree program.
hadn't been / would have chosen
The police are still searching for the ___________ who robbed the local convenience store.
perpetrator
For over two decades, the local community ___________ (fight) to protect this historic mangrove forest from industrial development.
has been fighting
What term describes a phenomenon where a word or name is formed by rearranging the letters of another (e.g., "cinema" to "iceman")?
A) Anagram B) Homophone
C) Palindrome D) Acrostic
Anagram
I'll eventually get the hang of speaking English.
Get the hang of - to learn, understand, or become skillful at doing something after some practice.
If the tailor ________ the bride's dress in time, the wedding ceremony ________ (be postpone) until the following month.
hadn't sewn / would have had been postponed
The jury ________ the defendant because there was not enough evidence to prove his guilt.
acquitted
I ___________ (not/ate) lunch by 1 p.m.
won't have eaten
What material is the Great Pyramid of Giza made of?
limestone, granite, and mortar.
I must stop bending over backwards to help them!
Bend over backwards to - to exert an extreme amount of effort to help, accommodate, or please someone, often going above and beyond what is reasonably expected.
The farmer _________ (sow) the wheat seeds earlier if the heavy spring rains ___________ (stop).
would have sown / had stopped
The accountant was arrested for ___________ after stealing millions of dollars from the company.
embezzlement
If it _______ (not/be) for my life experience,
I _________ a different university major.
hadn't been / would have chosen
weren't / would have chosen
Abandon