Question

UNITE
Miscellaneous
70. See if you can guess the real meaning of these idioms and match the idioms with the
phrases explaining them.
1) A fat cat.
2) To let the cat out of the bag.
3) Like cat and dog.
4) Like a cat on hot bricks (on a hot tin roof).
5) Like the cat that got the cream.
6) Put the cat among the pigeons.
a) Very pleased about something.
7) While the cat is away the mice will play. b) To do something that makes people
8) Has the cat got your tongue?
angry.
c) Lost your tongue?
d) When their boss is away people often
behave badly.
e) In a nervous or excited way.
f) Fighting badly.
(g) Somebody rich and powerful.
2 h) To tell people a secret. Пж число и букву все

Answer 1

1) A fat cat.
- (g) Somebody rich and powerful.

2) To let the cat out of the bag.
- (h) To tell people a secret.

3) Like cat and dog.
- (f) Fighting badly.

4) Like a cat on hot bricks (on a hot tin roof).
- (e) In a nervous or excited way.

5) Like the cat that got the cream.
- (a) Very pleased about something.

6) Put the cat among the pigeons.
- (b) To do something that makes people angry.

7) While the cat is away the mice will play.
- (d) When their boss is away, people often behave badly.

8) Has the cat got your tongue?
- (c) Lost your tongue?