Idioms to describe people

A Match up the words and definitions. Write your answers in the boxes below.
I a big shot 8 a general dogsbody IS a ringleader
2 a blackleg 9 a jaywalker 16 a scapegoat
3 a busybody 10 a junkie 17 a skinflint
4 a chatterbox 11 a killjoy 18 a sponger
s a daredevil 12 a layabout 19 an underdog
6 a figurehead 13 a litter lout 20 a whizz kid
7 a gatecrasher 14 a pain in the neck

A person who ... k turns up at a party without beincr in ited

a is a lways borrowing money and living off
other people.
b is very lazy and avoids responsibility and
work
c is unfairly blamed or punished for
something, because the public wants to
see that someone is punished or blamed.
d has a low position in a company and gets
all the boring jobs that no one else wants
to do, e.g. photocopying, making coffee,
etc.
e is extremely intelligent and successful at
their job, even though h e/sh e is very
young.
f is important and influential.
g is unable to stop taking drugs.
h hates to spend or give money.
always wants to know about other
people's private lives.
crosses the street in a careless or dangerous
way, often ignoring traffic lights.
to it.
l drops rubbish everywh ere and neve r put
it in the bin.
mis expected to lose in a competitio n \\ ith
someone else or a weaker perso n h o i
always treated badly by others.
n can't stop talking.
o disapproves of things that oth er people
enjoy and who tries to sto p them from
enjoying themselves.
p loves taking risks and doing dangerous
things.
q carries on working when other wo rkers are
on strike.
r leads others to do wrong or make trouble.
s is head or chief but in name on! , as
he/she has no real power.
t is a really annoying person wh o m ost
people can't stand.

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B Discuss the following questions.

I Name some big shots in your country. 6 Have you ever been a gatecrasher? If so,
Would you like to be a big shot? Why? tell the others about it. What abou t you?
Why not? Have you ever had gatecrashers at a party
you held? Who were they and what
2 What is your opinion of blacklegs? How
happened?
effective are strikes?
7 Is it against the law to be a jaywalker in
3 Have you ever known a busybody? Tell
your country?
other students about this person.
8 Can you think of any sporting event
4 Who is the biggest chatterbox in your
(football, tennis, boxing, etc.) where an
class? In general, are men or women th e
underdog has won?
bigger chatterboxes?
9 Which would you least like to be known
s Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, was
as - a pain in the neck, a skinflint or a
a computer whizz kid. Do you know
sponger? Give reasons.
any other famous whizz kids?