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 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. 2 Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately regrets what he said. He's always putting his foot in his mouth. 3 He took the best portiong for himself and didn't leave enough for the others. he's just looking out for number one. 4 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. 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 She's buying a lot of new furniture before she even has a job. She's putting the cart before the horse. 7 He's always too fast and out of control on his motorcycle. He's playing with fire. 8 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. 9 He's not telling me exactly what happened. He's beating around the bush. 10 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. 11 He's holding down two jobs and attending school. He's really burning the candle at both ends. doing too much doing something dangerous doing things in the wrong order. Saying embarrasing things thinking only about himself. accomplishing two things at once doing something difficult taking a lot of time. speaking indirectly. making a mistake going from bad to worse