Take/Make/Do
Similes
Body Idioms
On the road
100

an apology

make an apology 

100

If someone is full of energy and enthusiasm, they are ____________.

as fresh as a daisy

100

treat someone in an unfriendly way

give someone the cold shoulder

100

a wheel that a driver rotates in order to steer a vehicle


steering wheel

200

your best

do your best 

200

If you say that something happens ___________, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.

like a dream

200

tell someone something that is not true

pull someone's leg

200
a line of road traffic at or near a standstill because of road construction, an accident, or heavy congestion.


traffic jam

300

a course

take a course 


300

If two people _____________, they like each other very much and become friends very quickly

get on like a house on fire

300

have the same opinion as someone

see eye to eye

300

a belt or strap securing a person to prevent injury, especially in a vehicle or aircraft.

seat belt

400

business

do business 

400

If you say that someone reacts to something ___________, you mean that they react to it extremely quickly.

quick as a flash

400

to be controlled by someone

be under someone's thumb

400

a set of automatically operated colored lights, typically red, amber, and green, for controlling traffic at road junctions and crosswalks

traffic lights

500

improvement

make improvement 

500

If someone is (as) ________________, their face is very pale, usually because of illness, shock, or fear

white as a sheet

500

do something without someone knowing it

do something behind someone's back

500

a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction around a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it; a traffic circle.

roundabout