Матеріал до уроку "Clothing idioms"

1.                     Match idioms with pictures a-j.

1.                   Roll up your sleeves: to prepare for hard work.  ___________
2.                   Below the belt: something, for example, a remark, that is very insulting and unfair. _____________
3.                   Dressed to the nines/dressed to kill: wearing nice clothes for a special occasion.____________
4.                   Birthday suit: if you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
5.                   Hot under the collar: very angry about something. _________
6.                   Fits like a glove- you might find a fantastic pair of jeans that fit like a glove, which means that they fit perfectly. ___________
7.                   Put on your thinking cap- your teacher might use this expression; it means to think hard about smth. __________
8.                   Wolf in sheep’s clothing- you might use this idiom when describing someone who is pretending to be a good person, but realistically they aren’t a good person. _________
9.                   Have ants in your pants-if you have ants in your pants, it means that you can’t keep still, either because you are very excited or worried about something. _________
10.               Air your dirty laundry- to discuss your private life, especially your problems, in front of other people that are not involved with the problems.__________

a) b) c) d)

e) f) g) h)

1.                                                                           j)

2. Match the halves.

1. Roll up
2. Below
3. Dressed to
4. Hot under
5. Put on your
6. Fits like
7. Birthday
8. Wolf in
9. Air your
10. Have ants in

3. Match each idiom with its meaning.

1. Roll up your sleeves
2. Below the belt
3. Dressed to the nines/dressed to kill
4. Birthday suit
5. Hot under the collar
6. Fits like a glove
7. Put on your thinking cap
8. Wolf in sheep’s clothing
9. Have ants in your pants
10.  Air your dirty laundry

1. the belt
2. the collar
3. your sleeves
4. your pants
5. suit
6. the nines/to kill
7. a glove
8. thinking cap
9. sheep’s clothing
10. dirty laundry

1.   very excited or worried about smth.
2.                   to fit perfectly.
3. to discuss your private life in front of other people
4.                   very insulting and unfair.
5.                    pretend to be a good person
6.                     very angry about smth.
7.                   to think hard about smth.
8.                   to prepare for hard work. 
9.                      wearing nice clothes for a special occasion.
10.                     wearing no clothes.

IV.  Complete each sentence with an appropriate idiom.

1. Before each test our teacher tells us to ______________________________.

2. Every Saturday we _________________________ and tidy our house together.

3. It was just _________________________ to hear that I am selfish and mean from my best friend.

4. I have never seen her wearing a dress. Tonight she is _________________________.

5. When I was a child I used to sleep in ____________________________.

6. I had been shopping for hours before I found the dress that ____________________________.

7. Our teacher always gets ___________________________ when we are late for the lesson.

8. My classmate didn't tell me the truth and he turned out yo be a ___________________________.

9. Before my end-year-tests I always _________________________________.

10. In our family noone _________________________________. Everything is kept in a secret.

Key answers

1. f

2. i

3. e

4. h

5. c

6. g

7. d

8. j

9. b

10. a

II.    

 1.c

2. a

3.f

4. b

5. h

6. g

7. e

8. i

9. j

10. d

III.

1. h
2. d
3. i
4. j
5. f
6. b
7. g
8. e
9. a
10. c

1. Before each test our teacher tells us to put on our thinking caps.

2. Every Saturday we roll up our sleeves and tidy our house together.

3. It was just below the belt to hear that I am selfish and mean from my best friend.

4. I have never seen her wearing a dress. Tonight she is dressed to the nines.

5. When I was a child I used to sleep in my birthday suit.

6. I had been shopping for hours before I found the dress that fit me like a glove.

7. Our teacher always gets hot under the collar when we are late for the lesson.

8. My classmate didn't tell me the truth and he turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

9. Before my end-year-tests I always have ants in my pants.

10. In our family noone airs his dirty laundry. Everything is kept in a secret.