Exercise 5
Here are some idioms using 'blood' or cold. Find their meaning and use
them in sentences.
1. to give the cold shoulder.
2. come in from the cold. 3. have blood on one's hand.
4. blue blood.
5. cold fish .6. smell blood.
7. make somebody's blood boil. 8. bad blood .9. get cold feet
Answers
Answer:
meanings:
1. to express dismissal or the act of disregarding someone.
2. to return from isolation, concealment, or exile
3. to be responsible for someone's death
4. to be from a family that has a high social rank.
5. a person who seems unemotional, which makes them appear unfriendly or unsympathetic
6. to recognize an opportunity to take advantage of someone who is in a difficult situation
7. to make someone very angry
8. bad or unfriendly relationships between people or groups of people
9. to suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do, especially something important
usage in sentences:
1. I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.
2. After years of not being invited to join, Steve was finally asked to come in out of the cold.
3. He has my son's blood on his hands.
4. A blue blood probably could never understand the pain of being homeless.
5. Her husband is such a cold fish that I'm reluctant to have them over for dinner
6. When she smells blood, you don't get a second chance.
7. When I hear stories of cruelty to animals, it makes my blood boil.
8. The villagers say the arson attack may have been the result of bad blood between the two families.
9. I was going to try bungee jumping, but I got cold feet.
hope this is helpful :)