to have ants in ones’s

pants = unable to sit still to have a cat nap = to

or remain calm out of have a short sleep dog days = very hot days fishy = odd, suspicious
nervousness or
excitement

to have a cow = get to horse around = play monkey see, monkey do to make a beeline = go
extremely upset (often roughly = to tend to copy each straight for something
over something minor other's actions

to pig out = to eat a lot of rat race = fierce, to take the bull by the eager beaver = a person
something competitive struggle for horns = to face a who is excited about
power, position etc. challenge or danger doing certain work
boldly

to chicken out = to decide to get the lion’s share to drop like flies = to to clam up = become
not to do something out = get the greatest die/give up quickly suddenly quiet
of fear percentage

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Choose the correct idiom to fill in the gaps.

1. Our one-year-old is saying bad words now. I told my husband, "___________________________!"

2. I sleep in the basement during the ___________________________of August.
3. My roses are ___________________________in this early frost.
4. I'm ready to leave this __________________________and retire in Hawaii.
5. . I knew something __________________________was going on when I saw all of my friends' cars in my
mom's driveway.
6. If you really think you deserve a promotion, you'll have to___________________________.
7. My aunt __________________________of the inheritance
8. Lisa ___________________________the day before her interview.
9. My grandma ___________________________for the smoking room as soon as she got off the airplane.
10. I ____________________________on pancakes so I don't have room for lunch.
11. My teacher ___________________________when she realized nobody had done the homework.
12. If you're going___________________________, please go outside.
13. I was going to take a ride on Geoff's motorcyle, but I ___________________________when he gave me
a helmet to wear.
14. Arthur ___________________________when I asked him about his family.
15. I'm going to have a ___________________________while you're cooking dinner.
16. Ever since he got his new drill set my husband has been ___________________________around the
house.

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KEY:

1. Monkey see, monkey do

2. dog days
3. dropping like flies
4. rat race
5. fishy
6. take the bull by the horns
7. got the lion's share
8. had ants in her pants
9. made a beeline
10. pigged out
11. had a cow
12. to horse around
13. chickened out
14. clammed up
15. cat nap
16. an eager beaver

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