42. Idioms – weather and nature TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

42. Idioms – weather and nature

Complete the sentences with the idioms below. Where necessary, change the forms to fit the sentences. a drop in the ocean a huge outcry landslide victory a storm in a teacup an uphill struggle blown off course freeze out go with the flow find (your) roots see the wood for the trees the calm before the storm get bagged down 1 Stand back and look at the whole situation. You can’t ___see the wood for the trees.______ (Can’t get a general picture because you are confused by the detail) 2 This project has been __________ all the way. (a hard job without breaks) 3 In the end I just gave up with Inger. She sort of __________ me __________. (was always unfriendly) 4 I’m not going to be difficult about this. I’ll just ________________. (accept what everyone else has agreed) 5 As a manager, you should make the big decisions. Don’t ________________ in the detail. (become too involved) 6 We get a lot of Americans coming to Ireland to ________________. (get information about their ancestors) 7 A million dollars may sound like a lot of money, but it’s ________________ in this situation. (an insignificant amount) 8 Everyone will forget about this in no time. It’s just ________________. (crisis which looks big, but is only about a small issue) 9 I can assure you that this government will not be ________________ by this little piece of scandal. (forced to change direction) 10 The party became a bit self-satisfied after its ________________ in general election. (very decisive win) 11 After that advert which showed a rabbit smoking a cigarette, there was ________________. (a huge number of negative reactions) 12 It all seems OK now, but I fear that this is just ________________. (the quiet time which precedes a serious crisis)

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