It rains cats and

dogs

By: keltoum sebbar

It rains a lot
It rains cats and dogs

Idiomatic expression
She is a dead loss in
singing

She is very bad in singing

 he passed the exam
with flying colors

he passed the exam easily

 I should not let this opportunity
slip through my fingers

I should seize the opportunity

 I always give my
friends a hand

I always help my friends

I have a lot of work, I was on
the go the whole weekend

……………, I was busy the whole

weekend.
I’ll see the exam results tomorrow,
so I’m keeping my fingers crossed

……………, I’m hopping for the best

Noisy children get on my
nerves.

Noisy children make me

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The man feels blue after
the death of his wife

He is sad and
depressed
I have an exam after two
days, I have to cram

To learn in a short time

She is green in cooking. She
doesn’t have any experience
They finally give us the green
light to begin our project.

They finally give us

permission to begin our
project

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The exam was a piece of
cake.

The exam was very

easy
In one ear and out the other

Did not listen at all

His hands are tied

He can’t do
The world on his
shoulders

He has many worries

 All Ears
fully listening
Cost An Arm And A Leg
be very expensive
Makes My Blood Boil
makes me very angry
Shake a leg!

Hurry up
Idiomatic expressions Meaning

•Be a piece of cake. •To be very easy.

•Be on the go. •To be very busy.
•To cram. •To try to learn something
in a short time.
•Keep one fingers •hope for the best.
crossed.
•To get on one’s nerves. •To make someone nervous.
•To be green. •To have no experience.
•To feel blue. •To feel sad and depressed.
•Rain cats and dogs. •Rain heavily.

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 Fill in the blanks with the idioms in the
table.

• My friend said the test was difficult, but I think

it …………………………………………….
Was a piece of cake.
• I did well in the last test because I spent the
whole week-end ……………………..
cramming for it.
• Mary is too……………………….to
green do this job.
• I don’t know whether I’ll be accepted for the
job or not. The decision will be taken
tomorrow. I’m ………………………………..
Keeping my fingers
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• Sally said she was sorry for not calling. she was
…………………………all
on the go week long.
• Peter is ……………………………these
feeling blue days. He spends
most of his free time all alone at home.
• Would you switch off that radio, Bob? It’s
really………………………………………..
getting on my nerves.
• During my stay in London, it
………………………………………………
was raining cats and dogs we spent most of
our time in the hotel room.

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 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
idioms.
• Our daughter Rosie was really worried about
her history exam, but in the end she passed
it……………………….
with flying colours
Doesn’t
• The police ……… the main suspect
let
…………………………………….
slip through their fingers
• Usan Bolt won the race …………………...
with flying colours
• Bob, who is a famous actor,
is………………………….
a dead loss In swimming.

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• The coach of our national team disagreed with
journalists who said that the next match is not
………………………..
in the bag
• Could you ……………………………with
give me a hand
these boxes, Mike?

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• Write 5 sentences using the
previous idioms.

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