Advanced Idioms - Humour

Index
Match the phrases on the left with their definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
  • it fell off the back of a lorry
  • famous last words
  • Cat got your tongue?
  • a couch potato
  • pigs might fly
  • as clear as mud
  • chew the fat
  • everything but the kitchen sink
  • put a sock in it
  • go bananas
  • very difficult to understand , not clear at all
  • used to ask someone why he or she is not saying anything
  • used when someone has brought too many things with them
  • tell someone to be quiet or stop making so much noise
  • used humorously to say that something was probably stolen
  • something that will never happen
  • have a long friendly conversation
  • a comment or a prophecy that is expected to be proved incorrect
  • become extremely angry or excited
  • a person who takes little exercise and watches a lot of television
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