Тест "Уровень знания идиом" по английскому языку

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

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

3. If you really want to come out of this without too much damage, my advice is to play dumb.

4. Don't wait for me because I can't come yet so you go ahead and I'll join you later.

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

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

8. As your house is on our way, we'll give you a lift home if you like.

9. You'll just have to make a decision. You can't have it both ways.

10. This last year, my company has made money hand over fist!

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

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

13. Mom, can you tell Todd to stop making fun of me?

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

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

16. Considering they are over 70 years old, you must admit they are in good shape.

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

18. 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.

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

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