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. I simply can't stand sugar in my tea or coffee.

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

4. My advice to you is to make your mind up before it's too late and simply go for it.

5. 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.

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

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

8. If I had a chance to go to Paris, I would make the most of it.

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. When he confided in me, I promised Charlie that I wouldn't tell anybody about it and until now I have kept my word.

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

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

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

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

19. He is like a fish out of water whenever he goes to a party.

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