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11.
If you appear on TV or the radio, you get your 15 
minutes of 
. 
12.
If you feel in a bad mood in the morning, you’ve got 
up on the wrong side of the 
. 
2
 
Idioms completion
Complete the sentences with the correct words. 
1. 
The new system has got more holes than a Swiss 
. 
2.
I’ve got a 
to pick with you about
that video. 
3.
I think she got up on the wrong side of the 
this morning. 
4.
This new office is a far 
from what we’re 
used to. 
5.
I got my 15 minutes of 
as I was 
interviewed by a national TV channel. 
6.
I’ve been running around like a headless 
all day. 
7.
We took everything with us but the kitchen 
. 
8.
I think they were trying to pull the 
over 
my eyes. 
9.
Whoa! Hold your 
! I can’t do that! 
10.
They wouldn’t touch him with a 
. 
11. 
The crowd went 
when the band came 
on stage. 
12.
You have to take everything he says with a big pinch 
of 
!
chicken
sink
cry
bed
bone
bargepole
bananas
wool
fame
cheese
horses 
salt
Answers on page 
38
EXERCISES 
Now try these exercises to see how much you can remember! 
COMMON IDIOMS 

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Photo 1 
 
Scenes of cities shut down by the coronavirus 
pandemic, New York City’s Times Square on 23rd March.
Photo 2 
 
NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore topped
£30 million by walking 100 laps of his garden.
Photo 3 
 
Fitness fanatic Joe Wicks took it upon himself to 
become the world’s PE teacher last week, after schools across 
the globe were forced to close down indefinitely due to the 
ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING TO WRITE
IN THE SPEECH BUBBLES?
HAVE A COMPETITION IN CLASS OR AT HOME.
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