I'll solve this idiom matching worksheet step by step. Let me work through each numbered item and match it with the correct parts from the columns on the right.
Let me analyze each one:
1) Already done as example: "ducks in a row" = to organise things well ✓
2) Picture shows someone giving up → "throw in the towel" = to quit, give up, admit defeat/failure
3) Picture shows someone suspicious → "smell a rat" = to suspect that something is wrong
4) Picture shows someone saved at last moment → "saved by the bell" = saved at the last moment
5) Picture shows drawing a line → "draw the line" = to put a limit on what you will do or allow to happen
6) Picture shows someone being annoyed → "drive me nuts" = to annoy or irritate someone
7) Picture shows gun and doing something early → "jump the gun" = to do something before it should be done
8) Picture shows someone dying/kicking bucket → "kick the bucket" = to die
9) Picture shows saying the right thing → "hit the nail on the head" = to say the exact right thing
10) Picture shows not saying what you want → "bite your tongue" = not saying what you really want to say
11) Picture shows tough cookie → "a tough cookie" = very determined, a person difficult to deal with
12) Picture shows old person/long in tooth → "long in the tooth" = to be (very) old
13) Picture shows pushing envelope → "push the envelope" = to take something to the limit, take risks, innovate
14) Picture shows opening can of worms → "open a can of worms" = to create a situation that will cause trouble
15) Picture shows smoking gun/evidence → "the smoking gun" = indisputable proof or evidence of a crime
16) Picture shows happy/on cloud nine → "over the moon" = to be extremely pleased and happy
17) Picture shows under nose/plain sight → "under your nose" = in plain sight although unnoticed
18) Picture shows wet behind ears/young → "wet behind the ears" = to be young, immature or inexperienced
19) Picture shows falling flat/making mistake → "fall flat on your face" = to fail or make a mistake
20) Picture shows pulling socks up/improving → "pull your socks up" = to improve your work or behaviour
Let me verify these answers are all correct idioms:
1. ducks in a row ✓
2. throw in the towel ✓
3. smell a rat ✓
4. saved by the bell ✓
5. draw the line ✓
6. drive me nuts ✓
7. jump the gun ✓
8. kick the bucket ✓
9. hit the nail on the head ✓
10. bite your tongue ✓
11. a tough cookie ✓
12. long in the tooth ✓
13. push the envelope ✓
14. open a can of worms ✓
15. the smoking gun ✓
16. over the moon ✓
17. under your nose ✓
18. wet behind the ears ✓
19. fall flat on your face ✓
20. pull your socks up ✓
All of these are common English idioms that match the definitions provided!
Final Answer:
2) throw in the towel
3) smell a rat
4) saved by the bell
5) draw the line
6) drive me nuts
7) jump the gun
8) kick the bucket
9) hit the nail on the head
10) bite your tongue
11) a tough cookie
12) long in the tooth
13) push the envelope
14) open a can of worms
15) the smoking gun
16) over the moon
17) under your nose
18) wet behind the ears
19) fall flat on your face
20) pull your socks up
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