Revision - Idioms from Weather, Colors, & Health
Multiple Choice Exercise
If I don't have enough money to pay the bills, I am ...
- in red.
- in the red.
- in the black.
I am really jealous of my sister's good fortune. I am ...
- green with envious.
- green with envy.
- green of envy.
I didn't expect to hear that he was returning to Japan. The news came ...
- out from the blue.
- out of the sky.
- out of the blue.
Rainy days make me feel down. I always .... on rainy days.
- felt blue
- feel blue
- feeling blue
His rude behavior and unreasonable demand really made ...
- my blood boiling
- my head boil
- my blood boil
This exercise is so easy. It's ...
- breeze
- breezy
- a breeze
I need to save some money ...
- for a stormy day
- for a rainy day
- for rainy days
I am so busy lately. I am ...
- snowed under.
- snowing under.
- covered by snow.
I haven't been feeling well. I have been ...
- under the rain
- under the weather
- snowed under
It's going to snow tomorrow. I can feel it ...
- in my heart
- in my mind
- in my bones
I didn't want to go out with Joe but I didn't want to hurt his feelings, so I told a ... I said I was busy.
- white lie
- black lie
- red lie
He's got lots of money in the bank. He's always ...
- in the red
- in the green
- in the black
That politician never fulfils his promises. He's ...
- full of warm air
- full of hot gas
- full of hot air
I hope you will never get ... of studying English!
- tired and sick
- sick and tired
- sick and exhausted
Joe is unreliable and doesn't want to help his friends. He's a ...
- good-weather friend
- nice-weather friend
- fair-weather friend
I broke a vase at the store so I had to ... $500 for it!
- come up
- cough up
- throw up