WHAT DO THESE PHRASES MEAN?
Choose the correct meaning of each highlighted word or phrase.
A. Taking to Newcastle. a cake to my mum’s is like taking coals ○ 1. It’s a great idea.
○ 2. It’s a waste of time.
B. The crowd gave their team a big Bronx cheer.
○ 1. They applauded wildly.
○ 2. They booed and showed their disapproval.
C. He’s been sent to Coventry by his workmates.
○ 1. No one will talk to him.
○ 2. They give him all the worst jobs.
D. The company’s employees think the directors
are fiddling while Rome burns.
○ 1. They’re not dealing with the big problems. ○ 2. They’re taking massive risks.
E. The room is shipshape and Bristol fashion.
○ 1. It’s tidy and well organized. ○ 2. It’s messy and disorganized.
F. He’s finally met his Waterloo.
○ 1. He’s won at last.
○ 2. He’s been defeated at last.
○ G. 1. He’s He only won’t moved be living to Zurich, in the middle not Timbuktu. of nowhere. ○ 2. He hasn’t died.
H. I don’t want to lie back and think of England.
○ 1. I’m not tired.
○ 2. I’m not willing to accept bad sex.
I. It’s the Manchester derby on Saturday.
○ 1. Manchester City are playing Derby County. ○ 2. Manchester City are playing Manchester
United.
J. I like the idea for the new ad, but will it play in Peoria? ○ 1. How will people in small towns react to it? ○ 2. How will people in big cities react to it?
K. We had an Indian summer last year.
○ 1. It was an extremely hot summer.
○ 2. We had a period of warmer weather at the
end of the summer and into autumn.
L. He made his decision in a New York minute.
○ 1. He made his decision quickly.
○ 2. He took a long time to make his decision.