Нужна , в идиомах не сильна,! for questions 1-9 match idioms with situations. one situation is extra. 1. peter blames his problems on his parents she doesn’t lift a finger. you’ve really landed on your feet this time. i’ve been working my socks off for the past two years. we’re playing well, but we need to go all out this time. it’s no good trying to cut corners. make the essential points but don’t make a meal out of it it looks like he is barking up the wrong tree. it was george who decided it wasn’t worth breaking his back to meet the deadline. ann’s report said she must pull her socks up. she has been burning the candle at both ends recently. the colonel compared it with flogging a dead horse. it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack that’s par for the course, i must admit. he will make a fool of himself. he doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. i know i can only rely on the off chance, 2. helen has exhausted herself by attempting to do too much (все идиомы повторяются) 3. i know you probably can’t help me but i thought i’d ask just in case there’s a possibility. 4.arthur boasts of entering a golf tournament even though he has never played before. 5.nick suffers from knee injury – as many tennis players do. 6. we may as well stop trying to achieve victory on this issue – we are just wasting time 7.who needs to work harder at school? 8.the teacher wondered who hadn’t delivered the work on time. 9.the coach is persuading his team to make an enormous effort to win the game

1. Peter blames his problems on his parents

It looks like he is barking up the wrong tree.

2. Helen has exhausted herself by attempting to do too much

She has been burning the candle at both ends recently.

3. I know you probably can’t help me but I thought I’d ask just in case there’s a possibility.

I know I can only rely on the off chance.

4.Arthur boasts of entering a golf tournament even though he has never played before.

He will make a fool of himself. He doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell.

5.Nick suffers from knee injury – as many tennis players do.

That’s par for the course, I must admit.

6. We may as well stop trying to achieve victory on this issue – we are just wasting time

The colonel compared it with flogging a dead horse.

7.Who needs to work harder at school?

Ann’s report said she must pull her socks up.

8.The teacher wondered who hadn’t delivered the work on time.

It was George who decided it wasn’t worth breaking his back to meet the deadline.

9.The coach is persuading his team to make an enormous effort to win the game

We’re playing well, but we need to go all out this time.

10.A teacher is telling a student not to spend too long on a question that doesn’t demand more than a few sentences as an answer.

Make the essential points but don’t make a meal out of it

11.Edward is congratulating a friend who has just got a promotion and a new flat, in the same week.

You’ve really landed on your feet this time

12.Jill is complaining about her flat-mate, who is lazy and does no housework

She doesn’t lift a finger.

13.Sara’s boss is explaining to her that she shouldn’t try to get a job done by leaving out certain parts of the task.

It’s no good trying to cut corners.

14.Jim is complaining about how hard it has been to keep his business going.

I’ve been working my socks off for the past two years.