Тест "Уровень знания идиом" по английскому языку

1. I prefer to talk to people face to face rather than to talk on the phone.

2. In the end she lost her temper and told her daughter to hold her tongue.

3. It was late at night, the wind was howling and when she heard the knock on the door, she almost jumped out of her skin.

4. No matter how smoothly things are running, you can always rely on Charlie to rock the boat.

5. No, not really except she did get angry sometimes but her bark was worse than her bite.

6. By the way are you thinking of going on holiday?

7. I need to come to terms with myself.

8. The beginning of a new generation of computer software is at hand.

9. Charity made a scene at the club when she saw her boyfriend dancing with another girl.

10. He kept saying he didn't do it but in the end he said he had done it.

11. They're very generous in that museum — not only is the entrance fee reasonable but they give you a brochure for free.

12. They tried in vain to save enough money to buy a house and so finally they rented one.

13. If you don't tell the children the difference between right and wrong, they will soon be out of control.

14. My only advice to Charlie was to keep his chin up and stop worrying.

15. When the business folded, he took the lion's share of the assets.

16. I take my hat off to all those people who worked hard to get the contract.

17. Some of you worked on until the small hours to make it a successful project.

18. Forget it, that's water under the bridge now.

19. You must realize the gravity of the situation because you are in deep water now.

20. Since she won the lottery last week she's been feeling on top of the world.