Нужна помощь, в идиомах не сильна,please!!!For questions 1-9 match idioms with situations. One situation is extra.
1. Peter blames his problems on his parents
She doesn’t lift a finger.
You’ve really landed on your feet this time.
I’ve been working my socks off for the past two years.
We’re playing well, but we need to go all out this time.
It’s no good trying to cut corners.
Make the essential points but don’t make a meal out of it
It looks like he is barking up the wrong tree.
It was George who decided it wasn’t worth breaking his back to meet the deadline.
Ann’s report said she must pull her socks up.
She has been burning the candle at both ends recently.
The colonel compared it with flogging a dead horse.
It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack
That’s par for the course, I must admit.
He will make a fool of himself. He doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell.
I know I can only rely on the off chance,
2. Helen has exhausted herself by attempting to do too much
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3. I know you probably can’t help me but I thought I’d ask just in case there’s a possibility.
4.Arthur boasts of entering a golf tournament even though he has never played before.
5.Nick suffers from knee injury – as many tennis players do.
6. We may as well stop trying to achieve victory on this issue – we are just wasting time
7.Who needs to work harder at school?
8.The teacher wondered who hadn’t delivered the work on time.
9.The coach is persuading his team to make an enormous effort to win the game
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1. Peterblames his problems on his parents
It lookslike he is barking up the wrong tree.
2. Helenhas exhausted herself by attempting to do too much
She hasbeen burning the candle at both ends recently.
3. I knowyou probably can’t help me but I thought I’d ask just in case there’s apossibility.
I know I canonly rely on the off chance.
4.Arthurboasts of entering a golf tournament even though he has never played before.
He willmake a fool of himself. He doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell.
5.Nick suffers from knee injury – as many tennis players do.
That’s parfor the course, I must admit.
6. We mayas well stop trying to achieve victory on this issue – we are just wasting time
The colonelcompared it with flogging a dead horse.
7.Who needsto work harder at school?
Ann’sreport said she must pull her socks up.
8.Theteacher wondered who hadn’t delivered the work on time.
It wasGeorge who decided it wasn’t worth breaking his back to meet the deadline.
9.The coachis persuading his team to make an enormous effort to win the game
We’replaying well, but we need to go all out this time.
10.Ateacher is telling a student not to spend too long on a question that doesn’tdemand more than a few sentences as an answer.
Make theessential points but don’t make a meal out of it
11.Edwardis congratulating a friend who has just got a promotion and a new flat, in thesame week.
You’vereally landed on your feet this time
12.Jill iscomplaining about her flat-mate, who is lazy and does no housework
She doesn’tlift a finger.
13.Sara’sboss is explaining to her that she shouldn’t try to get a job done by leavingout certain parts of the task.
It’s nogood trying to cut corners.
14.Jim iscomplaining about how hard it has been to keep his business going.
I’ve beenworking my socks off for the past two years.