by Kornelia and Wojtek

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English and American
idioms
Kornelia Goździk & Wojtek Janicki

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Choose the right
meaning of the idiom.

3. 1. Don’t count your chickens
before they’re hatched.
B. Don’t celebrate until you cross
the line.
D. You can’t be a farmer without
chickens.
A. Don’t count chickens because
they will die.
C. Remember to feed the chickens.

4. 2. Don't make a mountain out
of a molehill.
B. Don’t kill moles on the mountain.
D. Don’t exaggerate
A. You can’t build a mountain
without a spade.
C. Don’t make mountains of dead
moles.

5. 3. An eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth.
B. Don’t steal steal your friends
eyes.
D. Look after your eyeglasses.
A. If someone does something to
you get them back.
C. Watch out for your teeth and
eyes.

6. 4. Clothes don’t make the
man.
B. Don’t buy clothes because
you’re ugly.
D. The things you wear don’t mean
who you are.
A. Clothes don’t give you
manliness.
C. Everybody should be naked.

7. 5. Half a loaf is better than
none.
B. Don’t eat bread because it has a
lot of gluten.
D. Baking half of a loaf is awful.
A. Buying bread is healthy.
C. Something is better than
nothing.

8. 6. My house is my castle
B. Houses are like castles.
D. People like buying castles.
A. Everyone has their castle
C. You treat your house like your
kingdom.

9. 7. The early bird catches the
worm.
B. Birds are early
D. Waking up early is beneficial.
A. Birds eat worms in the morning.
C. If you eat a worm you will be
healthy

10. 8. A burnt child dreads fire
B. You can’t burn children.
D. Be careful when your children
are close to the fire.
A. After an accident people are
more cautious.
C. Don’t put your chirldren in the
fire.

11. 9. A little knowledge is a
dangerous thing.
B. Going to school has a bad
influence on your life.
D. You have to learn a lot about the
things you do.
A. You should be clever.
C. Being stupid is dangerous.

12. 10. A storm in a tea-cup.
B. Don’t make a storm in a tea-cup.
D. Drinking tea in a tea-cup makes
a storm outside.
A. You have to hide in a tea-cup to
avoid the storm.
C. An argument about nothing

13. 11. All roads lead to Rome.
B. Rome is everywhere.
D. All roads lead to nowhere.
A. No matter what road it always
leads to Rome.
C. All roads are made by the
Romans

14. 12. Make hay while the sun
shines.
B. Don’t make hay in the sun.
D. Do it while you can.
A. When the sun is shining hay is
dangerous.
C. Making hay doesn’t mean you’re
a farmer.

15. 13. Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
B. Banned things are the best to
do.
D. You should not eat sweet fruits
because they’re bad for your teeth.
A. Reading the Bible is good for
your mind.
C. Poisoned fruits are sweet.

16. 14. Time is a great healer.
B. Only time is the solution for
healing your broken heart.
D. Don’t heal the time.
A. Time heals the pain.
C. Healing takes a lot of time.

17. 15. One swallow does not
make a summer.
B. If you see a swallow it doesn’t
mean it’s summer.
D. Swallows live in summer.
A. One thing doesn’t provide
another.
C. Swallows don’t fly in winter.

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End
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