Look at the following idioms. What do you think they might mean? Match the idioms with their meanings. The calm before the storm Chasing rainbows To steal someone’s thunder A walking disaster Quake in your boots To be snowed under Where there’s smoke, there’s fire Flood in / out A peaceful and quiet period before a period of activity or trouble Following unrealistic goals or dreams To take credit or praise for something which someone else did A person who can’t do anything correctly, a clumsy person To shake from fear To have so much work that you can’t do anything else. You have to finish the work. Part of what’s said must be true because a rumour must start from somewhere Many people moving in or out of something
Задание

Look at the following idioms. What do you think they might mean? Match the idioms with their meanings.

  • Объекты 1
    • The calm before the storm
    • Chasing rainbows
    • To steal someone’s thunder
    • A walking disaster
    • Quake in your boots
    • To be snowed under
    • Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
    • Flood in / out
  • Объекты 2
    • A peaceful and quiet period before a period of activity or trouble
    • Following unrealistic goals or dreams
    • To take credit or praise for something which someone else did
    • A person who can’t do anything correctly, a clumsy person
    • To shake from fear
    • To have so much work that you can’t do anything else. You have to finish the work.
    • Part of what’s said must be true because a rumour must start from somewhere
    • Many people moving in or out of something