True or false?

1.If someone plays a musical instrument by ear, they can read the notes directly from a sheet of music.

2.If your lips are sealed, you refuse to tell other people a secret you know.

3.If you escaped by the skin of your teeth, you only just escaped and came close to disaster.

4.If a person gets up your nose, you are crazy about them and can't stop thinking of them.

5.If you achieve something m the teeth of opposition, you do it in spite of that opposition.

6.If information spreads by word of mouth, it is kept as a secret known only to a small number of people.

Exercise 14

Rewrite each underlined idiom with a literal expression that has the same meaning.

1 She said some very hurtful things to me, but I just bit my tongue, because I didn't want to show her I was upset.

2 I can't really advise you on how to behave at the interview. Just play it by ear, and I'm sure you'll be great.

3 The government pays lip service to low taxes, but then puts up indirect taxes without people realizing it.

4 We offered him a holiday at our house near the beach, but he turned his nose up at it.

5 He said, 'Do you want to hear some gossip about Tom and Lily?' I said, 'Oh yes! Tell me. I'm all ears.'

6 I wish you wouldn't poke your nose into other people's affairs.

7 The table was piled high with mouth-watering desserts.

Exercise 15

Correct the mistakes in these idioms.

1.There's no point talking to her. Everything just enters one ear and leaves the other.

2.I just didn't believe in my ear when they told me I had won first prize.

3.When I knew how bad the situation was, I just ground my teeth and continued fighting.

4.The name of the village where be lives is on the top of my tongue. Give me a few minutes and I'll remember it.

5.What she said is simply not true. She's lying with her tooth.

6.The sight of all those delicious pizzas is watering my mouth, but I'm on a diet, so I shouldn't really have any.

Exercise 16

Here are four more idioms, using a dictionary if necessary, choose the correct answer.

1.My heart was in my mouth.

a) I was feeling ill. b) I was feeling anxious/nervous. c) I was falling in love.

2. Could I have a word in your ear?

a) Could you tell me the facts? b) Could I tell you a secret?

c) Could I speak to you privately?

3. These people just live from hand to mouth.

a) They steal food. b) They just earn enough money to survive.

c) They eat with their hands.

4.The boss was foaming at the mouth when it emerged how much money had been lost.
a) He was feeling sick. b) He was spitting at people. c) He was very angry.

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