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1. 
to become too frightened to do something; to lose one´s nerve
2. 
to wait
3. 
climb the walls
A.
to be uneasy or restless
B.
to become too frightened to do something; to lose one´s temper
C.
to catch someone´s attention
4. 
cut the mustard
5. 
cut the mustard
A.
a narrow escape
B.
meet the standards
C.
to act silly
6. 
a reversal of attitude
7. 
to be in control or to give orders
8. 
call someone´s bluff
9. 
to do things poorly or incompletely in order to save money
10. 
to do things poorly or incompletely in order to save money
11. 
can of worms, open a
12. 
to be in love with someone, usually someone who does not love in return
13. 
chicken
14. 
to speak plainly, to call something by its name, even if it is unpleasant
15. 
carry the ball
A.
to offer something to someone who can´t appreciate it
B.
to speak plainly; to call something by its right name, even if it is unpleasant
C.
to take on work or responsability in order to keep a project moving forward
16. 
to give something to someone who can´t appreciate it
A.
to carry the ball
B.
close shave
C.
cast pearls before swine
17. 
call someone on the carpet
A.
to confront someone or hold someone responsible for some misdeed
B.
to challenge someone to carry out a threat or prove the truth of something
C.
to be in control or to give orders
18. 
charmed life, lead a
19. 
catch someone red-handed
20. 
to attract someone´s visual attention
21. 
catch someone´s fancy
A.
to call someone´s visual attencion
B.
to appeal to someone
C.
to do someone poorly or incompletely in order to save money
22. 
a personal history that includes sucesses and faillures or ethical or unethical behaviour
23. 
chew someone out
24. 
chew something over
A.
to think slowly and carefully about something
B.
to scold someone harshly
C.
to change plans or leaders in the middle of some action or event
25. 
change horses in a midstream
A.
reversal of attitude
B.
to change plans or leaders in the middle of some action or event
C.
to not say anything
26. 
chip off the old block
A.
very much like one´s parent
B.
to think slowly and carefully about something
C.
a narrow scape
27. 
chip on one´s shoulder
A.
a feeling of bitterness caused by a sense that one has been treated unfairly
B.
very much like one´s parents
C.
to take or steal everything someone has
28. 
to resolve hidden resentment or uncover hidden thoughts
A.
clean slate
B.
clear the air
C.
to clean someone out
D.
clean slate
E.
clear the air
F.
to clean someone out
29. 
clean slate
A.
to be uneasy or restless
B.
to resolver hidden resentment or uncover hidden thoughts
C.
a new beginning, usually achieved by removing any record of previos bad deeds or debts
30. 
clam up ------------ climb on the badwagon
A.
to not say anything
B.
to join the crowd in following a popular position, cause, activity or fashion
C.
to resolve hidden resentment or uncover hidden thoughts
31. 
a narrow escape
32. 
unwilling to consider new ideas
33. 
to be silly
34. 
come full circle
A.
to return to a point where one has been before
B.
to be silly
C.
unwilling to consider new ideas
D.
to return to a point where one has been before
E.
to be silly
F.
unwilling to consider new ideas
35. 
clock-and- bull story
36. 
to return to cause trouble
37. 
a response to a statement that can´t be believed or a bad behavior that must be stopped
38. 
come out of one´s shell
39. 
come out smelling like a rose
A.
to avoid blame that one deserves; to seem innocent
B.
to stop being shy
C.
to catch someone´s attention
40. 
cook someone´s goose
41. 
to invent or plan
42. 
cost someone a mint
43. 
a person who sits for long periods of time on the couch, usually eating snack foods and watching television
44. 
cry over spilled milk
A.
to be unhappy because of a past event that can´t be changed
B.
a person who sits for long periods of time, usually on the couch, eating snack foods and watching television
C.
to cost a great deal of money
45. 
cry uncle
46. 
cut off one´s nose to the spite one´s face
A.
to avoid blame that one deserves; to seem innocent
B.
to join the crowd in following a popular position, cause, activity or fashion
C.
to injure oneself in the process of seeking reverenge or attempting to punish someone
47. 
cut someone to the quick
48. 
to raise a false alarm or exagerate so often that one is no longer believed
49. 
I get chewed out by Mr Smith at work... it´s an example of the idiom:
50. 
the idiom cast pearls before swine is most likely used with
51. 
the idiom catch someone red-handed has also a different structure
52. 
meaning of uneasy or restless
A.
uncomfortable or anxious
B.
uncomfortable and angry
C.
angry or anxios
D.
uncomfortable or anxious
E.
uncomfortable and angry
F.
angry or anxios
53. 
if you pay me the debt you own me, you will get wiped the slate clean which verb do you use to connect the idiom
54. 
in the sentence he stopped smoking cold turkey..... the idiom cold turkey functions as
55. 
cost someone a mint is closest in meaning to
A.
call someone on the carpet
B.
cost someone an arm and a leg
C.
cold turkey
56. 
trapped with no means of escape
57. 
cross one´s fingers
58. 
1 routine 2 clear or unequivocal
59. 
in the idiom cut and dried the firts meaning is routine which means
A.
already decided and unlikely to be changed
B.
things will be changed
C.
you always do the same
60. 
to raise a false alarm or exagerate so often that one is no longer believed
A.
cock-and-bull story
B.
cry wolf