short cuts

A dead heat

A plum job

A vicious circle

21) Double Dutch

A dead heat

Tall stories

A flying visit

A fat chance

A dead heat

A short cut

28) a dirty look

B

D

E

F

C

A

I

H

G

J

3.

1) The race ended in a dead heat.

2) Many people get caught/trapped in a vicious circle of dieting and weight gain.

3) " Perhaps they'll invite you." " Fat chance (of that)! "

4) He gave me a really dirty look.

5) It's a case of Hobson's choice, because if I don't agree to their terms, I'll lose my job.

6) The opinion polls show the three election candidates in a dead heat (with each other).

7) After dinner she told me a tall story about her pet.

4.

C

D

E

G

H

B

F

A

I

5.

1. Hobson’s choice

2. a dirty look

3. a short cut

4. a dead heat

5. a fat chance

6. a vicious circle

UNIT 81

More or less

Bright and early

In black and white

Slowly but surely

Alive and well

Safe and sound

Through thick and thin, through thick and thin

More or less

Short and sweet

Cut and dried

Safe and sound

Through thick and thin

In black and white

More or less

Alive and kicking.

B

E

I

C

J

A

F

G

D

H

1. B

2. D

3. E

4. A

5. F

6. K

7. G

8. I

9. H

10. J

11. C

4.

12. I have it in black and white that I'm entitled to three weeks of vacation each year.

Nancy is finishing her new novel, slowly but surely

The last time I saw Tom, he was alive and well.

15. I'm glad to see you here safe and sound.

She promised to stand by him through thick and thin.

We came to more or less the same conclusion

The apartment was spick and span.

19. We’ve got her confession right here in black and white

It was a difficult drive but we all arrived safe and sound.

The brothers promised they would stick together through thick and thin.

I saw their words in black and white.

1. C

2. B

3. G

4. H

5. E

6. F

7. D

8. A

1. bright and early

2. through thick and thin

3. slowly but surely

UNIT 9

1.

Are flogging a dead horse

In her bad books

Are hard up

Much too big for his boots

Cut me dead

Put in a good word

Hot under the collar

Playing hard to get

Put in a good word

Cut short

Hard up

For good

Put in a good word

Flogging a dead horse

2.

I

B

C

E

H

D

J

A

F

G

3.

I

H

B

E

F

D

J

C

G

A

4.

1. F

2. A

3. C

4. E

5. D

6. B

5.

1. (to get) hot under the collar

2. to put in a good word

3. in someone's bad books

4. to be too big for sb boots

5. to be hard up

UNIT 11

Pain in the neck

Couch potato

Busybody

Chatterbox

Whizzkid

Figurehead

Pain in the neck

Skeleton staff

Gatecrashers

Daredevil

Busybody

A big-head

B

I

A

D

F

J

C

G

H

E

3.

1. B

2. H

3. A

4. C

5. E

6. F

7. G

8. D

4.

1. A skeleton staff

2. A couch potato

3. A busybody

4. A chatterbox