Idioms
Idiom Meaning
1 Bite your tongue
2 Pain in the neck
3 Grab a bite
4 See eye to eye
5 Not bat an eyelid
6 Live from hand to mouth
7 Start from scratch
8 Water under the bridge
9 Spill the beans
10 Taste of your own medicine
e.g. Back to square one
To stop yourself from saying
something
Someone that is annoying
Eat something, especially quickly
eat something small like a
sandwich
Agree with each other
To not seem to be shocked or
surprised
To have just enough money to live
on and nothing extra
To do it all over again from the
beginning
Anything from the past that is not
important anymore
Tell or reveal a secret
When someone receives the same
treatment, usually negative, that
they gave someone else
To be back at the starting point of
something
Commonly Used Idioms
1. I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him but I had
to _______________________________.
2. Your sister is a real ___________________________! She
complains about everything.
3. Let’s stop and _______________________. I’m hungry
and tired.
4. David and Susan find it difficult to work together as they
seldom _____________________________ on an issue.
5. Today people live together without being married and
nobody ________________________________.
6. My father earned very little and there were four kids, so
we _____________________________________.
7. Due to John’s carelessness, the whole group had to
_______________________ to find mistake.
8. It is true that we didn’t start off well but that is
___________________________ now.
9. He __________________ and she knew all about the party
in advance.
10. People who boss around others must be given a
__________________________________.
11. My first business failed so I’m _________________ but I’m not
going to give up.