Find the meaning of the following idioms and use them to complete the sentences. go like hot cakes, the icing on the cake, be a piece of cake, to have one’s cake and eat it, cakes and ale 1. the book has only just been published and copies are already in both britain and america. 2. i was just content to see my daughter in such a stable relationship but a grandchild, that was really 3. our team is strong, but it won't to make it to the finals. 4. doug was engaged to ann and still dating jane; he was trying 5. kids these days think only of not of the hard work they need to put in to be successful.
2) Alice makes her own clothes. Scarlet has her clothes made.
3) Alice plants flowers in her garden. Scarlet has her flowers planted.
4) Alice paints her house herself. Scarlet has her house painted.
5) Alice repairs her car herself. Scarlet has her car repaired.
6) Alice cleans the windows herself. Scarlet has her windows cleaned.
7) Alice washes her linen herself. Scarlet has her linen washed.
8) Alice always does her hair herself. Scarlet has her hair done.
I spend my summer holidays at my granny’s. There are many things there to do. What I did most of the time - I swam in the sea and sunbathed. Sometimes I made a fire with my friends at the seaside and cooked potatoes there. It was wonderful. We told anecdotes to each other, and did everything we wanted. I also got used to walk alone in the forest.
When August was coming to its end, I went on a small voyage by ship. The ship name was “Sevastopol”.
But this summer wasn’t for me only sugar and honey. I have passed through the graduating exams after school and entering exams in the university. So the bigger part of my summer vacations I spent sitting with the books. Of course, it was not interesting, but I’m glad that I did it because now I’m a student of the best university in our country.