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35 Expand your vocabulary: Animal idioms Complete the sentences with the most suitable idiom from the box in the correct tense. the elephant in the room go on a wild goose chase be a cold fish be a one-trick pony like a fish out of water let the cat out of the bag get the lion’s share be a/the guinea pig let sleeping dogs lie 1 Melissa of praise for our presentation, even though I did most of the work. 2 Robert couldn’t remember where he’d last had his keys, so we had to around town and ask at all the places we’d been to. 3 They finally and told us about the pregnancy. 4 I suppose it could work, but I don’t want to for the first attempt. Can’t we ask someone else to do it? 5 The company’s new camera compared to smartphones, and it isn’t even doing that job very well. 6 We both knew our relationship wasn’t going well, but neither of us wanted to acknowledge . I suppose we both decided to for the moment and focus on other parts of our lives. 7 Sam instantly disliked Olivia’s new friend. She considered him to and definitely not boyfriend material. 8 When I first started at the new school, I felt . I didn’t know anyone! Expand your vocabulary: Describing lifestyle Look back at the words describing lifestyles on p. 91 of your coursebook. Complete the sentences below using pairs of opposites. There may be more than one correct answer. 1 Dave couldn’t be bothered to go running and stay after he lost his job. He spent all day on the sofa and lived a completely lifestyle. 2 The sisters were so different. One lived in a penthouse apartment and the other was happy in a cosy cottage. 3 People who are bored of living unexciting, lives might decide to change their ways and live an lifestyle. 4 The residents on the new estate earn a great deal of money and are very , in contrast to the people in the next street who are much more . LANGUAGE 2 LANGUAGE 3 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv