Задание

Match the similes to their definitions.

  • Объекты 1
    • to be able to understand easily what sb is thinking or feeling
    • to be likely to make sb angry
    • to become known by more and more people very quickly \(usually about news\)
    • to feel and look extremely ill, exhausted, or worn out
    • to observe sb very carefully, usually to make sure that they do not make a mistake
    • to be impossible or extremely difficult to accomplish
    • to be almost impossible to find
    • to be the perfect shape or size for sb
    • to have no effect on the person being criticize
    • to treat sb extremely badly, or unfairly and with no respect
    • to spend money like there's no tomorrow
    • sth that is pleasing to hear, such as good news
    • to happen exactly as planned, without any trouble
    • to consciously stay away from sb or sth
    • to discover when you start to do sth for the first time that you have a natural ability to do it
  • Объекты 2
    • to read sb like a book
    • to be like a red rag to a bull
    • to spread like wildfire
    • to look like death warmed up
    • to watch like a hawk
    • to be like getting blood out of a stone
    • to be like looking for a needle in a haystack
    • to fit like a glove
    • to be like water off a duck’s back
    • to treat sb like dirt
    • to spend money very quickly and in great quantities
    • to be like music to one’s ears
    • to go like clockwork
    • to avoid like the plague
    • to take to sth like a duck to water