School-related idioms
What phrase is used to describe a student who consistently receives high grades in all their courses?
straight-A student
Finish the following sentence.
If you get the sack, you ...
For example:
If you get the sack, you are dismissed suddenly from a job.
Which phrases mean deliberately not attend a scheduled class that a student is expected to be in?
a) break class
b) cut class
c) escape class
d) skip class
b) cut class
d) skip class
Find synonyms for the following adjectives.
a) run-of-the-mill
b) up-and-coming
For example:
a) average, ordinary, standard
b) ambitious, go-getting, promising
What does the idiom to burn the midnight oil mean? Explain its meaning in English.
to stay awake late at night to study or work
Give three idioms that mean to be very busy at work.
For example:
to be on the go, to be rushed off one's feet, to be snowed under, to be up to one's ears / eyeballs / eyes / neck, to have one's hands full
What words are missing in the following idioms?
a) at one's ... - to know all the details of a subject thoroughly
b) be all ... to someone - to be incomprehensible or unintelligible to someone
c) put one's ... into something - to put a lot of effort into something
d) the ... and bolts - the practical facts about a particular thing, rather than theories or ideas about it
a) at one's FINGERTIPS
b) be all GREEK to someone
c) put one's BACK into something
d) the NUTS and bolts
What do the idioms to have one's work cut out and to talk shop mean? Explain their meaning in English.
to have one's work cut out - to have something very difficult to do, to be faced with a hard or lengthy task
to talk shop - to discuss matters concerning one's work, especially at a social occasion when this is inappropriate