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poke your nose in(to)

He's always poking his nose into other people's business.
He's always …………….other people's business.
be over the moon
Next week, if we could get box seats to a Nationals game, they'd be over the moon
Next week, if we could get box seats to a Nationals game, they'd ……………..

feel down in the dumps

pull a fast one
Are you trying to pull a fast one on me?
Are you trying ………….. on me?
be in the red
My bank account is in the red
My bank account is ……….
get the wrong end of the stick
Geoff had got the wrong end of the stick, and thought I was angry with him.
Geoff ………………, and thought I was angry with him.
take the biscuit
My life is incredibly boring, but today took the biscuit: absolutely nothing happened
My life is incredibly boring, but today …..: absolutely nothing happened
to be a pain in the neck
Don't tell me Christopher is coming, wherever he goes he's a pain in the neck.
Don't tell me Christopher is coming, wherever he goes he's ………………
to be as daft as a brush
As a friend he is not bad, but as an employer he is …………..
barking up the wrong tree
The police spent three months barking up the wrong tree on the murder investigation.
The police spent three months …………… on the murder investigation.
take the weight off your feet
You must be exhausted after all that shopping - why don't you take the weight off your feet!
You must be exhausted after all that shopping - why don't you ………………...!
be on the make
as blind as a bat
Didn't you see me coming? You must be as blind as a bat!
Didn't you see me coming? You must be ………………!
as thin as a rake
He went as thin as a rake, and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks.
He went ……………., and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks.
as strong as an ox
as quiet as a mouse
Tina is as quiet as a mouse—you hardly know she's there.
Tina is …………….—you hardly know she's there.
as busy as a bee
The manager and secretary as busy as a bee all day.
The manager and secretary ………….. all day.
as cool as a cucumber
He kept as cool as a cucumber as the newspaper reporters shouted questions at him at once.
He kept …………… as the newspaper reporters shouted questions at him at once.
as brown as a berry
The sunbed make me as brown as a berry.
The sunbed make me ………………….
as good as a gold
as hard as iron
as dry as a bone
During the drought, the soil was as dry as a bone
During the drought, the soil was ……………
as white as snow
as white as a sheet
as sick as a dog
I'm going to the doctor for a check - up, I’m as sick as a dog.
I'm going to the doctor for a check - up, I’m…………..

as sick as a parrot
Mary is as sick as a parrot about losing her watch.
Mary is …………….about losing her watch.
as red as a beetroot
He went as red as a beetroot when I asked about his new girl - friend.
He went ……………. when I asked about his new girl - friend.
as bold as brass
as mad as a hatter
From what I can gather he was as mad as a hatter, and really no good at all.
From what I can gather he was ………………….., and really no good at all.
She walked out of the room, as mad as a hatter.
She walked out of the room, ………………

as deaf as a post
as quick as a flash
as easy as falling off a log
as easy as ABC
as easy as pie
sleep like a log
Maria can sleep like a log in almost any place, including airplanes and cars.
Maria can …… ……. in almost any place, including airplanes and cars.
as fresh as a daisy
as flat as a pancake

cup of tea
cheap as chips
bring home the bacon
cry over spilt milk
finger in every pie
There's no use crying over spilt milk
Take with a pinch of salt
bread and butter
A piece of cake
a lemon
Have one's own cake and eat it