Instructions: Below are idioms in column A. In column B, there are examples of the idioms. Match the example with the correct idiom and fill in the blank with the idiom.
Idioms
Examples
Bury the hatchet( a small axe).
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
A cat has nine lives.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pot calling the kettle black.
Raining cats and dogs.
To shed crocodile tears.
A leopard can’t/ doesn’t change its spots.
Strike while the iron’s hot.
A blessing in disguise 1. To make up with a friend after an argument or fight.
This proverb comes from the ancient Romans, who believed the apple had magical powers to cure illness.
Cat can survive seemingly fatal events.
The proverb means that the written expression of ideas cannot be stopped by physical force.
Pots and kettles turned black because they were used over open fires. Today, this idiom means criticizing someone else for a fault of one's own.
In Norse mythology, the dog is associated with wind and the cat with storms. This expression means it's raining very heavily.
Neither crocodiles nor people who shed “crocodile” tears feel sorry for their actions.
A person can’t change its innate( inborn) character, especially bad.
When you do this, you’re taking advantage of a good opportunity. Blacksmiths must shape iron into objects during the brief time it’s red-hot.
An apparent misfortune that eventually has good results.
Below are examples of the idioms given in the table above. Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct idioms.
1. All right! Let’s ________________________ and be friends.
2. Atif escaped yet another accident; looks like he is like a cat. ___________________________.
3. Journalists believe that they have a great cause since _______________________________.
4. You may not like your job, but don't quit merely on the hope of finding a better one. _________________________.
5. Saleha told Anum that her criticizing Saleha’s handwriting was like ____________________________.
6. Politicians weep ____________________ for the poor, but are basically happy with things as they are.
7. Sameer: ‘Do you think he’ll ever stop lying to us?’
‘Azan: ‘I doubt it; after all, a leopard never changes its spots.’
8. The unexpected rain when the dam had almost dried, was a ___________________________.
9. In the middle of the picnic, it started to ___________________________, and everybody got soaked.
10. Don’t wait until tomorrow before you tell him, ___________________________.
Use any 3 idioms and write a brief incident about any happening.
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