English Idioms in Use: Advanced (35） 20231111

Negative feelings

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English Idioms in Use Advanced

Anger

Chewing gum in class really rattles my teacher's cage6!

rattle one’s cage

被挑衅的笼中虎

Mum almost burst a blood vessel5 when she saw my brother fighting on the street.

burst a blood vessel （有点青筋暴起💢那意思）

People who are rude to waiters make my blood boil1!

血脉贲张

make one’s blood boil

What makes people angry?

Phone calls from people trying to sell me things I don't want really get my goat4!

get one’s goat

People who talk loudly on their mobiles on the train make me see red2!

make sb see red

面红耳赤

People who drive too closely behind me make me all hot and bothered3!

make sb all hot and bothered

1 make me very angry

2 get angry

3 angry and worried (informal)

4 irritate me (informal)

5 got very angry (informal)

6 makes sb angry (This idiom is often used to describe someone who has been made angry on purpose.)

Other negative feelings

idiom

knock sb for six

wild horses couldn 't make me

have a sinking feeling

down in the dumps

not be your bag/ not be your thing

wouldn't give sth house room

kick yourself

reduce to tears

be a bundle of nerves

run out of patience

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Language

Help yourself remember

you experienced the feelings they describe.

shocked or upset him very much

knock sb for six

(informal)

I would never

wild horses couldn’t make me

felt that something bad was about to happen

had a sinking feeling

miserable (informal)

down in the dumps

is not something I am interested in or like (informal)

is not my bag

don't like or approve of

wouldn’t give house room

am very cross with myself because I did something stupid

kick myself

made her cry

reduce her to tears

was extremely nervous (informal)

was a bundle of nervous

am beginning to feel annoyed

be running out of patience

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I example

Losing his job has knocked John for six.

Wild horses couldn't make me have a filling at the dentist's without an injection.

I had forgotten to do my homework, so I had a sinking feeling when my teacher asked for it.

Katy has been down in the dumps since she failed her exam.

Playing cards is not my bag/ not my thing. It's really boring!

The new government wouldn't give house room to those outdated policies.

I could kick myself for forgetting my sister's birthday.

Her brother's unkind words reduced her to tears.

Amy was a bundle of nerves before her wedding.

I'm running out of patience with these naughty children.

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I’m running out of patience because my wife couldn’t understand my mind

my harsh words reduced my husband to tears

i was a buddle of nerves before the speech

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Correct the mistakes in these idioms from A opposite.

1 Dad almost split a blood vessel when I told him I'd driven into his car.

almost burst a blood vessel

2 Lucy felt all warm and bothered after having to push her way onto the train.

all hot and bothered

3 Dave saw black when he heard the boy speak so rudely to Maddie.

saw red

4 You'reinabadtempertoday.What'srattledyourbox?

rattle your cage

5 WhatLilysaidtohermotherreallymademywaterboil.

make my blood boil

6 It really gets my dog when you say such stupid things!

gets my goat

Complete the idioms. What idiom would you use if you felt ...

1 verynervous?'I'ma...................................................................................................

be a bundle of nerves

2 unhappy? 'I feel .................................................................. .................................. today.'

all hot ang botherd

3 apprehensive?'I..................................................................................................aboutthisexam.'

kick myself

4 impatient? 'I 'm........ .......................................................... .................... with that incompetent company.'

I’m running out of patience

5 upset? 'The argument I had with my best friend has .................................. ............................................................

knocked me for six

6 unwilling to do something?'......................................... ......................................... apologise to Nick.'

wouldn’t give house room to

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Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.

1 Going to the opera isn't my

thing

2 I wouldn't give that artist's work

house room

3 On rainy days I often feel down in the

dump

4 People dropping litter makes my blood

boil

5 Oliver's rudeness made me see

made me see red

6 Not getting the job has knocked Ben for

knocked sb for six

7 Losing his keys made Tom all hot and

make sb all hot and bothered

8 When the phone rang, I had a sinking

had a sinking feeling

36.4

Rewrite the underlined part of each sentence using the word in brackets.

1 Selfish behaviour makes me very angry. [BOIL]

make my blood boil

2 The film 's sad ending made Jess cry. [TEARS]

reduce her to tears

3 Cruelty to animals makes me very angry. [RED]

mke me red

4 I am going to get angry soon with James. [PATIENCE]

out of patience

5 My brother's laziness makes me very angry. [GOAT]

6 I was angry with myself for missing the train. [KICKED]

kick myself

7 What's made Paul so annoyed? [CAGE]

rattle my cage

8 I shouldn't let him make me so Q.Qg_[y. [BOTHERED]

all hot and bothered

36.5

9 Long walks in the countryside are not the sort of thing that appeals to me. [BAG] 10 Your father will be furious if you say you're dropping out of university. [BURST]

Complete these sentences so that they are true for you.

1 ...................................................................................................... reduced me to tears.

this moving movie

2 I wouldn't give ...................................................................................................... house room.

give discrepancies house room

3 ........................................................................................ gets my goat.

Such misbehaviour

4 I was a bundle of nerves when .................................................................................................... .

things happened in a chaotic way

5 I could have kicked myself when I .................................................................................................... .

I did something regretful

6 ...................................................................................................... is not my bag.

This football team

7 Wildhorsescouldn'tmakeme.....................................................................................................

8 .................................................................................................... knocked me for six.

This astonishing fact