Prepositional Phrases 4
Match the phrases on the left with the definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
- behind schedule
- within one's rights
- down the plughole
- beneath contempt
- outside interest
- against nature
- beside the point/mark
- inside out
- through thick and thin
- above board
- not ready at the time planned
- not natural, and morally wrong
- legal and honest, in a legal and honest way
- used to describe something that is being wasted or lost
- with the inner surface turned out or revealed
- an activity that someone enjoys doing when not working
- under all conditions, no matter how challenging or difficult
- being allowed by the law to do something or behave a certain way
- irrelevant, off the subject
- so bad that you have no respect for the person involved
