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Idioms: The Body II

ENGLISH IDIOMS: The Body II

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IDIOM 1: "bad blood"
-> MEANING: anger or a bad relationship due to past problems with someone
-> EXAMPLE: There has always been a lot of bad blood between the two supervisors.

IDIOM 2: "to break one's neck"
-> MEANING: do all one possibly can, try one's hardest
-> EXAMPLE: I broke my neck to try and get the report finished on time.

IDIOM 3: "to cut one's throat"
-> MEANING: spoil one's chances, ruin a person
-> EXAMPLE: He is cutting his own throat if he doesn't make an effort to find a new job quickly.

IDIOM 4: "pain in the neck"
-> MEANING: an obnoxious or bothersome person or event
-> EXAMPLE: This customer is a pain in the neck and is always complaining about something.

IDIOM 5: "skin and bones"
-> MEANING: a person or animal that is very thin, someone very skinny
-> EXAMPLE: The dog became skin and bones after his owner stopped giving him food.

TEST : Fill in these gaps with one of these idioms.

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- A) 'What a bad neighbour! Have a look at his cat! He is
: no food; nowhere to sleep... We must phone the RSPCA now! It is going to die in a few days if we don't do anything.'

- B) 'There is a lot of
between my husband and myself: I can't stand him anymore. I think that I'm going to break with him.'

- C) 'He is if he doesn't take a training course with the other members of the group. '

- D) 'The man at the video store is
. He never finds what he is looking for; he tells us that he will never buy anything again. Nobody likes him.'

- E) 'She is to finish painting her house before it rains. '

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