Idioms challenge!                                                                           

Exercise 1

Read the definitions (1-7) below of some idioms. For each definition, two of the expressions (a-c) have been invented, but one is the correct idiom. Can you
identify it?

1.    a problem that spoils what would otherwise be a good situation, or makes it difficult
    a)     fly in the ointment
    b)     fox in the field
    c)     wasp on the apple

2.    If people in a group (for example a company or a political party) are expressing the same message, they are:
    a)     singing from the same hymn sheet
    b)     drinking the same wine
     c)     waving the same flag

3.     If an event or activity has been happening for some time and is going very well and very actively, you can say that it is:
    a)     with a full bottle
    b)     in full swing
    c)     on full dancing

4.     If you think something is a good idea but is going to be difficult to do, or if someone advises you to do something that is difficult but tries to make it sound easy, you could say:
    a)    Fine to say, not so fine to do
    b)     Easier said than done
    c)     Better in the air than on the ground

5.     to do something that you have promised to do or are expected to do
    a)     deliver the goods
    b)     wrap the presents
    c)    put butter on the bread


6.    A situation in which people compete fiercely, think only of themselves, and will do anything to be successful, can be described as:
     a)     lion eat cat
    b)     eagle eat parrot
    c)     dog eat dog


Exercise 2

Fill the gaps with proper idioms or phrases.

Brian Mcknight - Back at one

Its undeniable
that we should be together
Its unbelievable
how I used to say that I'd fall never
The basis you need to know
if you don't know just how I feel
Then let me show you now that I'm _________
If all things in time
time will reveal
Yeah...

One - you're like a dream come true
Two - just wanna be with you
Three - Girl its plain to see
that you're the only one for me, and
Four - repeat steps one to three
Five - make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe my work is done
then I _________  at one... (yeah)

It's so Incrediable
the way things ____ themselves _________
And all emotional
once you know that its all about hey
And undesirable
for us to be apart
Never would of made it very far
Cause you know that you got the ________ to my heart
Cause...

One - you're like a dream come true
Two - just wanna be with you
Three - Girl its plain to see
that you're the only one for me, and
Four - repeat steps one to three
Five - make you _________ with me
If ever I believe my work is done
then I start back at one...

Say farewell to the dark night
I see the coming of the sun
I feel like a little child
whose life has just begun
You came and breathed new life
Into this _________  of mine
You threw out the life line
just ________________ ..

One - you're like a dream come true
Two - just wanna be with you
Three - Girl its plain to see
that you're the only one for me, and
Four - repeat steps one to three
Five - make you __________  with me
If ever I believe my work is done
then I start back at one...

GOOD LUCK :DDDD