How well do you know English idioms? Let's put your knowledge to this test with this exercise. Below are 10 well-known expressions, simply complete each one with the correct word:
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not my cup of tea - I don't like something very much. water off a duck's back - not to be affected by criticism or negative remarks. raining cats and dogs - heavy rain. green thumbs - good gardener / good with flowers and plants. a piece of cake - something that's easy / not difficult. blind as a bat - very bad eyesight. all Greek - too difficult to understand. two left feet - bad dancer or poor balance. cry over spilt milk - to be upset about something bad that happened in the past that can't be changed now; usually 'don't cry over spilt milk'. water under the bridge - something, usually a bad experience, that is no longer important. It was a problem, but now it isn't.
I don't like Jazz. It's not my cup of ___.
His comments didn't bother me. It's all water off a ___'s back.
It's raining cats and ___ outside.
She has green thumbs; she's a great ___.
Learning English is easy , it's a piece of ___.
Without my glasses I'm as blind as a ___.
I couldn't undertsand anything; it was all ___ to me.
He can't dance, he has two ___ feet.
There's no use crying over spilt ___. The past is the past.
We're friends again. Our fight is all water under the ___ now.
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