halloween

Matching
idioms
Complete sentences 1-10 with the idiomatic expressions from the box below.
You may need to make some changes to the expressions.

Set 1
1) He left the party after seeing her with another guy. He must have
got _________________________.
2) The opposing team is ruthless. They don't stand _________________
______________ of winning.
3) The politician was the victim of a congressional __________________.
4) They will demolish this house _______________________________!
5) Come on, ______________________, close your eyes. There's nothing
under the bed.
6) I heard an eerie sound which _________________________________.
7) Of course I don't support tobacco companies - I was just ________
_______________________.
8) What happened to Greta? I saw her leave _____________________.
9) I can't climb. I'm _________________ of heights.
10) You know I'm ______________. I'm much more productive at night.

a witch hunt over my dead body

to play the devil's advocate a night owl
to be scared stiff not a ghost of a chance
the green-eyed monster to make someone's blood run cold
scaredy-cat like a bat out of hell
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Matching
idioms
Complete sentences 11-18 with the idiomatic expressions from the box below.
You may need to make some changes to the expressions.

Set 2
11) Hearing such false accusations and not being able to defend myself
__________________________________.
12) You really ____________________________ when you described her
writing as insipid.
13) I was so nervous before the dancing debut that I was __________
___________________.
14) I want to go back before midnight. I'm not superstitious, but I
don't fancy being in the forest by ________________________.
15) He ____________________ when he was found sleeping in the office.
16) I don't mind _____________________________. It's actually pretty
quiet at that time and there isn't much to do.
17) With many factories closing down and people moving away, the city
is becoming _____________________.
18) Shawn can't have committed such an awful crime. He's a sweet boy
who ______________________________.

a ghost town to work the graveyard shift

to dig one's own grave to put/stick a knife into someone
to shake like a leaf to make someone's blood boil
the witching hour someone wouldn't say boo to a goose
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Matching
idioms
KEY

1) He left the party after seeing her with another guy. He must have got
the green-eyed monster.
2) The opposing team is ruthless. They don't stand a ghost of a chance of
winning.
3) The politician was the victim of a congressional witch hunt.
4) They will demolish this house over my dead body!
5) Come on, scaredy-cat, close your eyes. There's nothing under the bed.
6) I heard an eerie sound which made my blood run cold.
7) Of course I don't support tobacco companies - I was just playing the
devil's advocate.
8) What happened to Greta? I saw her leave like a bat out of hell.
9) I can't climb. I'm scared stiff of heights.
10) You know I'm a night owl. I'm much more productive at night.
11) Hearing such false accusations and not being able to defend myself made
my blood boil.
12) You really put a knife into her when you described her writing as insipid.
13) I was so nervous before the dancing debut that I was shaking like a leaf.
14) I want to go back before midnight. I'm not superstitious, but I don't
fancy being in the forest by the witching hour.
15) He dug his own grave when he was found sleeping in the office.
16) I don't mind working the graveyard shift. It's actually pretty quiet at
that time and there isn't much to do.
17) With many factories closing down and people moving away, the city is
becoming a ghost town.
18) Shawn can't have committed such an awful crime. He's a sweet boy
who wouldn't say boo to a goose.
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Gap-fill
idioms
Complete the following idiomatic expressions with a word from the list.

BAT - BLOOD (X2) - BOO - CAT - DEAD - DEVIL - GHOST (X2) - GRAVE - GRAVEYARD
- KNIFE - MONSTER - SHAKE - OWL - SCARED - WITCH - WITCHING

1) The green-eyed ___________________.

2) Not a ___________________ of a chance.
3) A ___________________ hunt.
4) Over my ___________________ body.
5) A scaredy-___________________.
6) To make someone's ___________________ run cold.
7) To play the ___________________'s advocate.
8) Like a ___________________ out of hell.
9) To be ___________________ stiff.
10) A night ___________________.
11) To make someone's ___________________ boil.
12) To stick a ___________________ into someone.
13) To ___________________ like a leaf.
14) The ___________________ hour.
15) To dig one's own ___________________.
16) To work the ___________________ shift.
17) A ___________________ town.
18) Someone wouldn't say ___________________ to a goose.
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Gap-fill
idioms

KEY
1) The green-eyed monster.
2) Not a ghost of a chance.
3) A witch hunt.
4) Over my dead body.
5) A scaredy-cat.
6) To make someone's blood run cold.
7) To play the devil's advocate.
8) Like a bat out of hell.
9) To be scared stiff.
10) A night owl.
11) To make someone's blood boil.
12) To stick a knife into someone.
13) To shake like a leaf.
14) The witching hour.
15) To dig one's own grave.
16) To work the graveyard shift.
17) A ghost town.
18) Someone wouldn't say boo to a goose.