Задание

Match the idioms with the correct definitions.

  • Объекты 1
    • to bark up the wrong tree
    • to take the bulls by the horns
    • to have a bee in his bonnet
    • to kill one bird with one stone
    • to let the cat out of the bag
    • to flog a dead horse
    • to count chickens before they hatch
    • to drop like flies
    • to have ants in one's pants
    • to be like a dog with two tails
  • Объекты 2
    • to do something in a way that will not work
    • to do something difficult in a brave and determined way
    • to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is very important
    • to succeed in achieving two things in a single action
    • to tell people secret information, often without intending to do this
    • to waste the efforts by trying to do something that is no longer possible
    • not to be confident of success until it actually happens
    • to die or become ill in large numbers
    • cannot keep still because somebody is anxious or excited about something
    • to be extremely happy