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. As she is new to the job I would ask you to keep an eye on her for the time being.

3. Yes, we went away on holiday last week but it rained day in, day out.

4. I think the time has now come when we'll simply have to call it a day.

5. I can't understand why he doesn't take the hint.

6. 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.

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

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

9. Tom told Andrea that giant turtles had escaped from the city zoo and were eating only left-handed people. It wasn't until she saw the smirk on his face that Andrea noticed he was just pulling her leg.

10. We need to do something about it! This situation is getting out of hand!

11. Learning a foreign language goes hand in hand with International Business.

12. I've been working hard for the last few months trying to make ends meet, but something I'm not even expecting always comes up and I have to pay for it.

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

14. Now it makes sense to me why you moved out of that house.

15. Ana finally made it. She is an excellent doctor.

16. I just want to stay at home and watch television and take it easy.

17. They decided to move away from the city to the countryside for the sake of the children.

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

19. It's surprising how few people knew that Charlie was having money problems but I suppose it was because he had kept it to himself.

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