Advanced Idioms - Happiness and Sadness

Index

Fill in the blanks with a word that will complete the idiom.
ID16 ANSWERS EXPLANATION

be walking on ..........	air
like a dog with two ..........
to cry your eyes ..........
to pull a long ..........
to .......... somebody’s day
.......... in the dumps/mouth
to paint the town ..........
to be full of the .......... of spring
to feel .......... done-by
to hit/reach rock ..........
to let your .......... down

Answers

1)	like a dog with two tails	very pleased and happy
2)	cry your eyes out	cry in an uncontrolled way
3)	to pull a long face	have an unhappy or disappointed expression
4)	make somebody’s day	make sb feel very happy on a particular day
5)	down in the dumps/mouth	feeling unhappy or without hope
6)	paint the town red	go out and celebrate, to get drunk
7)	be full of the joys of spring	be lively and cheerful
8)	feel hard done-by	feel that you have been treated unfairly
9)	hit/reach rock bottom	reach the lowest point possible
10)	let your hair down	enjoy yourself and start to relax