Exercise 10. Complete the idioms using an appropriate word from the box.
dogs
cows
goat
bear
pig
elephant
cat
rat
horse
fish
1. I felt like a ______ in the middle caught between the two rivals.
2. My sister drinks like a ______. She got through two bottles of wine last night.
3. The extension turned out to be a white ______as nobody needed the extra space.
4. You’re flogging a dead ______trying to persuade me to come with you. You’ll never get me to change my mind.
5. I wouldn’t mind lending him money but what gets my ______is that he never pays me back.
6. Karen is like a ______with a sore head this morning. What has made her so bad tempered?
7. The man told me he had come to mend the photocopier but I began to smell a ______when I found him in the director’s office.
8. The deal was supposed to be secret. Who let the ______out of the bag?
9. Since the new manager took over the business is really going to the ______. The service is not up to standard and the staff are inexperienced.
10. I could stay and talk to you till the ______come home, but I really must leave now.