{"id":6959,"date":"2019-07-03T08:39:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T12:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getmorevocab.com\/?page_id=6959"},"modified":"2021-11-26T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T00:57:09","slug":"idioms-about-communication-practice-exercise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/getmorevocab.com\/idioms-about-communication-practice-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms About Communication: Practice Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The idioms in this exercise come from <a href=\"https:\/\/getmorevocab.com\/idioms-about-communication\/\">this article<\/a>.\u00a0Read the article and then try the practice exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong>: For each number, a word is missing from the idiom. How many of the missing words can you identify?<\/p>\n<p>1. I had to <strong>bite my<\/strong> ____ to keep my sarcastic comment from coming out.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer1\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I had to <strong>bite my tongue<\/strong> to keep my sarcastic comment from coming out.<\/div>\n<p>2. You never listen to me when you\u2019re watching football. <strong>It\u2019s like talking to a<\/strong> ____ <strong>wall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer2\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">You never listen to me when you\u2019re watching football. <strong>It\u2019s like talking to a brick wall<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>3. Since you missed a few classes, see if one of your classmates can go over their notes with you and ____ <strong>you up to speed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer3\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Since you missed a few classes, see if one of your classmates can go over their notes with you and <strong>bring you up to speed<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>4. In your country, do people make a lot of small talk at meetings before they <strong>get<\/strong> ____ <strong>to business<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer4\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">In your country, do people make a lot of small talk at meetings before they <strong>get down to business<\/strong>?<\/div>\n<p>5. In some cultures, people communicate directly and like <strong>to get to the<\/strong> ____ fairly quickly.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer5\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">In some cultures, people communicate directly and like <strong>to get to the point<\/strong> fairly quickly.<\/div>\n<p>6. Ignoring the issue isn\u2019t going to make it go away. You need to talk about it and <strong>clear the<\/strong> ____.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer6\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Ignoring the issue isn\u2019t going to make it go away. You need to talk about it and <strong>clear the air<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>7. Parents must be ____ <strong>the same page<\/strong> when it comes to disciplining their children.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer7\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Parents must be <strong>on the same page<\/strong> when it comes to disciplining their children.<\/div>\n<p>8. You should get the interview questions in advance. You don\u2019t want the interviewer <strong>to <\/strong>____ <strong>you on the spot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer8\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">You should get the interview questions in advance. You don\u2019t want the interviewer <strong>to put you on the spot<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>9. ____ <strong>a nutshell<\/strong>, high school was an awkward time in my life.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer9\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\"><strong>In a nutshell<\/strong>, high school was an awkward time in my life.<\/div>\n<p>10. Recently, politicians seem more comfortable ____ <strong>their minds<\/strong> and being direct with the public.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer10\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Recently, politicians seem more comfortable <strong>speaking their minds<\/strong> and being direct with the public.<\/div>\n<p>11. All my friends talk about is Game of Thrones, and I\u2019ve never seen it. I feel so ____ <strong>of the loop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer11\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">All my friends talk about is Game of Thrones, and I\u2019ve never seen it. I feel so <strong>out of the loop<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>12. Kate hasn\u2019t gotten a hold of her mother yet today. They\u2019ve been <strong>playing <\/strong>____ <strong>tag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer12\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Kate hasn\u2019t gotten a hold of her mother yet today. They\u2019ve been <strong>playing phone tag<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>13. Here\u2019s the <strong>bottom<\/strong> ____: Human Resources exists to protect the company from you, not the other way around. Just remember that when you talk to them.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer13\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Here\u2019s the <strong>bottom line<\/strong>: Human Resources exists to protect the company from you, not the other way around. Just remember that when you talk to them.<\/div>\n<p>14. I think the prosecution has more than enough evidence for a conviction already. Calling more witnesses to the stand <strong>is just beating a<\/strong> ____ <strong>horse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer14\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I think the prosecution has more than enough evidence for a conviction already. Calling more witnesses to the stand <strong>is just beating a dead horse<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>15. The news about the scandal ____ <strong>like wildfire<\/strong>. By lunchtime, everyone in the company had heard about it.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer15\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">The news about the scandal <strong>spread like wildfire<\/strong>. By lunchtime, everyone in the company had heard about it.<\/div>\n<p>16. Why are you asking me what our manager thinks? Why don\u2019t you ask her and get the information <strong>straight from the<\/strong> ____ <strong>mouth<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer16\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Why are you asking me what our manager thinks? Why don\u2019t you ask her and get the information <strong>straight from the horse\u2019s mouth<\/strong>?<\/div>\n<p>17. The witness admitted to being intoxicated. I\u2019d take his testimony <strong>with a<\/strong> ____ <strong>of salt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer17\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">The witness admitted to being intoxicated. I\u2019d take his testimony <strong>with a grain of salt<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>18. I think we <strong>got our wires<\/strong> ____. That story wasn\u2019t about Bryan, it was about Brett.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer18\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I think we <strong>got our wires crossed<\/strong>. That story wasn\u2019t about Bryan, it was about Brett.<\/div>\n<p>19. Stop <strong>beating around the<\/strong> ____ and answer my question.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer19\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Stop <strong>beating around the bush<\/strong> and answer my question.<\/div>\n<p>20. My boss told me I\u2019d be fired if I didn\u2019t work this Saturday. I\u2019m going <strong>to call his<\/strong> ____ and call out sick.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer20\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">My boss told me I\u2019d be fired if I didn\u2019t work this Saturday. I\u2019m going <strong>to call his bluff<\/strong> and call out sick.<\/div>\n<p>21. My boss is pretty hands off. Sometimes we go the entire day without ____ <strong>base<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer21\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">My boss is pretty hands off. Sometimes we go the entire day without <strong>touching base<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>22. I went out to dinner with a large group of native English speakers. It was fun, but I couldn\u2019t <strong>get a word in<\/strong> ____.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer22\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I went out to dinner with a large group of native English speakers. It was fun, but I couldn\u2019t <strong>get a word in edgewise<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>23. This restaurant is so good that they don\u2019t need to advertise. People find out about the place by <strong>word of <\/strong>____.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer23\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">This restaurant is so good that they don\u2019t need to advertise. People find out about the place by <strong>word of mouth<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>24. I\u2019m glad your mother\u2019s surgery went well. Please ____ <strong>me posted<\/strong> on how she\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer24\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I\u2019m glad your mother\u2019s surgery went well. Please <strong>keep me posted<\/strong> on how she\u2019s doing.<\/div>\n<p>25. On my last day at work, I\u2019m going <strong>to get some things off my<\/strong> ____. It\u2019ll be good to tell people how I really feel.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer25\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">On my last day at work, I\u2019m going <strong>to get some things off my chest<\/strong>. It\u2019ll be good to tell people how I really feel.<\/div>\n<p>26. Saying you\u2019re fluent in French might be ____ <strong>the truth<\/strong> a bit. You took two semesters in college and went to Paris once.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer26\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Saying you\u2019re fluent in French might be <strong>stretching the truth<\/strong> a bit. You took two semesters in college and went to Paris once.<\/div>\n<p>27. I once asked a woman when her baby was due, and she wasn\u2019t pregnant. I\u2019ll never <strong>put my<\/strong> ____ <strong>in my mouth<\/strong> like that again.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer27\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I once asked a woman when her baby was due, and she wasn\u2019t pregnant. I\u2019ll never <strong>put my foot in my mouth<\/strong> like that again.<\/div>\n<p>28. I\u2019m just ____ <strong>your leg<\/strong>. There weren\u2019t really sharks swimming in the streets of Miami after the hurricane.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer28\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I\u2019m just <strong>pulling your leg<\/strong>. There weren\u2019t really sharks swimming in the streets of Miami after the hurricane.<\/div>\n<p>29. Management is going to lay some people off. <strong>Keep it under your<\/strong> ____, though. No one is supposed to know<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer29\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">Management is going to lay some people off. <strong>Keep it under your hat<\/strong>, though. No one is supposed to know<\/div>\n<p>30. I\u2019ve been meaning <strong>to drop my friend Marty a<\/strong> ____ . I haven\u2019t heard from him in years.<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"button\">Show answer<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"answer30\" class=\"answers\" style=\"display: none;\">I\u2019ve been meaning <strong>to drop my friend Marty a line<\/strong>. I haven\u2019t heard from him in years.<\/div>\n<p><em>For more practice, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/getmorevocab.com\/practice-exercises\/\">Practice Exercise<\/a> section of the site.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idioms in this exercise come from this article.\u00a0Read the article and then try the practice exercise. Instructions: For each number, a word is missing from the idiom. How many of the missing words can you identify? 1. I had to bite my ____ to keep my sarcastic comment from coming out. 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