Advanced Idioms - Similes (Like) 1
Match the phrases on the left with the definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
- like water off a duck's back
- like a bat out of hell
- be like a red rag to a bull
- get on like a house on fire
- fight like Kilkenny cats
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- go down like a lead balloon
- like a toad under the harrow
- have a memory like a sieve
- like a bump on a log
- have a very good and friendly relationship
- with thousands of worries and unsolved problems
- innocently and helplessly, without realizing the danger
- easily, without any apparent effect
- with little motion or activity
- fight until both parties are destroyed
- be completely unsuccessful or unpopular
- very fast and wildly
- have difficulty remembering things
- be certain to produce an angry or violent reaction
