Vocabulary Area / Topic: idioms with LOOK

Quick Fix 57 – always look on the bright side

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ACTIVITY. Put the following words and phrases in the sentences. What do the idioms mean?

black a gift horse in askance before you leap forward to

the mouth
like a million her age up and down the part on the bright
dollars side
in the face down their ahead to his laurels like a
noses drowned rat

1. I haven’t had any time off work for ages, so I’m looking …………………………….. our holidays in
Bahamas.

2. My manager gave me a ………………………… look when I told him that I expected a pay rise.

3. She looked me ……………………………. before she decided I was just the right person for the role.

4. In her new silk dress, my wife looked ………………………………….. .

5. When you’re contemplating changing a new job, just remember to look ……………………………. .

6. There was a man loitering outside the bank, and if he wasn’t actually a robber, he certainly looked
……………………………………. .

7. I hate going to this kind of parties. The people are so stuck-up – they always look
………………………………………. at me.

8. We should stop thinking about the past – what we need to do is to look ……………………………. .

9. My grandparents always looked …………………………….. at what I was doing.

10. I understand that it is not exactly what you wanted but you shouldn’t look ……………………………

11. I was surprised when she told be she was 65 – she definitely didn’t look ……………………………...

12. My girlfriend is such an optimist – she always looks ………………………………….. of things.

13. I walked all the way home in the rain so when I arrived I looked ……………………………………..

14. I don’t know how you can look him ………………………………… after what you have done.

15. There are few jobs and a lot of talented graduates so he has to look ………………………………….
if he wants to keep his job.

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