40. Animal idioms TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

40. Animal idioms

Complete the sentences with the phrases below. big fish in a small pond chicken-feed dinosaurs empty nest fly on the wall kill the goose that lays the golden eggs loan shark more fish in the sea pecking order ruffle feathers teaching an old dog new tricks the cat that got the cream top dog barking up the wrong tree wild horses couldn’t tear them apart 1 The appointment of Esther as office manager is going to ____ruffle feathers___. She’s about 20 years younger than most of the staff. 2 My youngest sister has just left home and my poor parents are suffering from ______________ syndrome. 3 Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Mick Fleetwood and a few other rock ______________ will be playing at the show. 4 If possible, borrow the money from a proper bank. Don’t go to some ______________ who will charge you 75% interest, and then send a gangster round to collect the money. 5 All the lecturers in the department are officially equal, so there’s a constant struggle over who’s ______________. 6 Just accept that the neighbours had nothing to do with the death of your dog. You’re ______________. If you’ll excuse the pun. 7 In my small town I was a ______________. Now I’m in London, nobody has heard of me – I’m just one thousands of DJs hanging round the music scene. 8 You mustn’t sell of the pizza delivery service – it’s the most profitable part of the business. If you do, you will ______________. 9 Try to forget about that stupid guy. You’re a lovely girl, and there are plenty ______________. 10 Look, in this company you don’t choose your afternoon off until the deputy manager has chosen hers, the supervisor has chosen his and I have chosen mine. There’s a strict ______________. 11 The work may be interesting and ‘rewarding’, but no-one does it for the money. The pay is ______________ 12 Ever since the first day of term those two have been inseparable; ______________. 13 On TV there was an amazing ______________ documentary about life behind the scenes in a police station. They didn’t seem to realize the camera was there. 14 Why the big, broad smile and the humming? You look like ______________. 15 You’re a retired football coach, and this job involves a lot of computer skills. So it’s a question of ______________. Are you sure you’re up to it?

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