Joy

Nickname: _________________ 7
Class: M6/_______ 15
Class Number: __________
37249
Student Number: ____________ Unit 7: Idioms

By word of mouth Left something to be desired

The word on the street On the edge of your seat
Make up my mind To side with
Not my cup of tea To be in the limelight
To sit on the fence To split hairs

IDIOM MEANING

1. Wishing something was better, you feel

Left something to be desired disappointed
2. Very excited and giving one’s full attention to
On the edge of your seat something
3. To be very popular at that time
To be in the limelight
4. To argue about petty, unimportant things
To split hairs

5. To side with To agree with or support someone

6. To pass information from person to person by
By word of mouth
talking

7. Not wanting to choose a side, staying neutral,

To sit on the fence undecided
8. A rumor or news going around, what people are
The word on the street talking about
9. To decide, come to a decision
Make up my mind

10. Not my cup of tea Not liking something

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Instructions: Choose the correct word or phrase from above for the sentence,
please check grammar and verb tenses!

1. “I was so excited about that movie but it wasn’t very good. It

Left something to be desired
____________________________________.”
2. “Wow! Did you see the new movie with Jack Sparrow? I was
On the edge of your seat
____________________________ the whole time, it was amazing!”
3. A: “Please take out the trash. It's garbage day.”
B: “Actually it’s your turn to take it out.”
splitting hairs
A: “Stop ____________________, the garbage truck is coming down the
street!”
4. “I think Donald Trump is the best president ever!”
“Really? Hmm, I’m not sure about him, I’m so undecided- I think I’ll just
sit on the fence
_______________________ until I learn more about him.”
side with
5. “You know, I really ____________________ Johnny about this, Star Wars
is definitely the greatest movie ever made!”
6. The rumor about Johnny and Jessica going to the movies together spread
By word of mouth
rapidly by _______________________. What a scandal!
Make up my mind
7. “Ok it’s done, I have ________________________ and I’m going to call
Anastasia tonight.”
cup of tea
8. Gabriel really didn’t like avocado. It just wasn’t his __________________.
9. These days Covid-19 is always in the news, the topic is really
in the limelight
___________________.
The word on the street
10. “The weather forecast says it will be sunny but ___________________
is that it will rain.”