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Idioms
Match words from each box to form six idioms.

iron fist dirty shoestring

in hand pants suit dirty
on a birthday
wear the hat
laundry
in a velvet glove
 Match words from each box to form six idioms.

Iron fist in a
Birthday suit
velvet glove

Dirty laundry Hat in hand

On a shoestring Wear the pants

Replace the underlined part of each sentence
with an idiom
1. Peter may seem authoritative and influential, but
Emma certainly is the head of their family.
2. The new leader of the country rose to power with
promises of democracy and equality, but as his
despotic intentions become known, he appeared as
forceful and uncompromising.
3. When I was a university student I had to save a lot of
money to afford living on my own.
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with an idiom
4. “I didn’t bring my pajamas on this holiday, so I plan to
sleep bare naked,” my friend joked.
5. All the secrets of the CEO of a large business
concerning bribes and fraud were leaked into the
press after his social network account was hacked.
6. He was unacceptably late for festive dinner, so when
he finally arrived, humbly, he brought her a stunning
flower bouquet.
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