Relier Pairs IDIOMS EXERCISE C1Version en ligne Each of the following sentences contain an idiom. Read the sentence and try to understand the idiom to find the meaning of it. par MIRYAM AIMEE PEREZ SANTIAGO 1 He's always too fast and out of control on his motorcycle. He's playing with fire. 2 She keeps asking if I was the one who was speading rumors about her, but I wasn't. She's barking at the wrong tree. 3 Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately regrets what he said. He's always putting his foot in his mouth. 4 He's holding down two jobs and attending school. He's really burning the candle at both ends. 5 She wanted to get that man's phone number, but she wasn't sure of his last name or where he lived. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack. 6 He's not telling me exactly what happened. He's beating around the bush. 7 She has to go to the bank, and while she's out she'll stop and visit her friend. She's killing two birds with one stone. 8 He took the best portiong for himself and didn't leave enough for the others. he's just looking out for number one. 9 She's beeing working on that assignment for over two months, and I don't think she's ever going to finish it. She's taking forever and a day. 10 I knot that you tought that this part of the program was difficult, but wait until you see the next part. You're jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. 11 She's buying a lot of new furniture before she even has a job. She's putting the cart before the horse. Saying embarrasing things doing too much speaking indirectly. doing something dangerous doing something difficult thinking only about himself. going from bad to worse taking a lot of time. accomplishing two things at once making a mistake doing things in the wrong order.