This summary provides definitions for 10 common idioms related to houses and homes:
1) "safe as houses" means very safe; 2) "get on like a house on fire" means to get along very well; 3) "on the house" means free (as in a restaurant); 4) "to home in on" means to become closer to a target; 5) "home and dry" means successful or past the difficult part of a process; 6) "to make yourself at home" means to make yourself comfortable; 7) "to hit home" means to force understanding of something unpleasant; 8) "home truth" means an uncomfortable fact; 9) "homesick" means missing one's
This summary provides definitions for 10 common idioms related to houses and homes:
1) "safe as houses" means very safe; 2) "get on like a house on fire" means to get along very well; 3) "on the house" means free (as in a restaurant); 4) "to home in on" means to become closer to a target; 5) "home and dry" means successful or past the difficult part of a process; 6) "to make yourself at home" means to make yourself comfortable; 7) "to hit home" means to force understanding of something unpleasant; 8) "home truth" means an uncomfortable fact; 9) "homesick" means missing one's
This summary provides definitions for 10 common idioms related to houses and homes:
1) "safe as houses" means very safe; 2) "get on like a house on fire" means to get along very well; 3) "on the house" means free (as in a restaurant); 4) "to home in on" means to become closer to a target; 5) "home and dry" means successful or past the difficult part of a process; 6) "to make yourself at home" means to make yourself comfortable; 7) "to hit home" means to force understanding of something unpleasant; 8) "home truth" means an uncomfortable fact; 9) "homesick" means missing one's
get on like a house on fire = get on very well with someone: on the house = free (in a restaurant/caf, etc): to home in on = become closer to your target: home and dry = successful/past the difficult part of a process to make yourself at home = make yourself comfortable: to hit home = force you to understand something unpleasant/difficult: home truth = an uncomfortable fact: homesick = missing your home the lights are on but theres nobody home =used to mean someone is stupid or daydreaming/unresponsive
Complete the following using the expressions above:
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"This plan is as _________________________. It can't fail!"
"I'm glad we've got that new client. We're ________________________________ now." "He only went away for two weeks, but was terribly _________________________." "Police are ___________________________ the suspects." "Come in! _______________________________. Can I get you a drink?" "She's going to have to sit down and hear some ________________________." "Those two ________________________________________, theyre always laughing together." 8. "Dont expect John to answer, look at him! - _______________________________ 9. "The criticism of her performance really began to ___________________________." 10. "Sorry we brought you the wrong meal, this one is ______________________________?"