Advanced Idioms - Family and Society
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Complete these idioms using the jumbled letters.
ID42
ANSWERS
EXPLANATION
a spitting ..........
image [MGIEA]
the chattering ..........
[SEALSCS]
to follow (in) somebody’s ..........
[OTESOFTSP]
the .......... majority
[ETILSN]
the spitting ..........
[IGAME]
.......... and shakers
[RESOMV]
to .......... in the family
[URN]
a self-.......... man
[EDAM]
somebody’s .......... and joy
[EDIPR]
to wear the ..........
[SERSURTO]
the men in .......... suits feet
[EYRG]
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Answers
1)
the chattering
classes
educated people who like to talk about politics, society
2)
follow in somebody’s
footsteps
do the same thing that someone else did
3)
the
silent
majority
the ordinary people in a country not active politically
4)
the spitting
image
someone who looks very much like someone else
5)
movers
and shakers
people with a lot of power and influence
6)
run
in the family
be inherited (as a trait) by many members of a family
7)
a self-
made
man
a person whose success is of their own making
8)
somebody’s
pride
and joy
a person or thing that someone is very proud of
9)
wear the
trousers
be the dominant partner in a relationship
10)
the men in
grey
suits
the powerful men in business or politics
