There are a number of expressions using proper names in English.
Can you think of any? Complete the expressions defined with these names:
Dick Freudian Larry Mickey Achilles Pandora Stevens
1 even _______________ fair and equal in competition or distribution of resources
2 ________________ slip a mistake that is thought to reveal a person’s unconscious motives
3 happy as __________ very happy
4 ______________’ heel someone’s or something’s weak or vulnerable point
5 _____________ Mouse ineffective or insignificant
6 _______________’s box a process that once begun generates many complicated problems
7 clever ______________ a person who is irritatingly knowledgeable or intelligent
Complete these sentences with the idioms:
1 When I won the lottery I was _____________________________________.
2 It’s two games each. We are _____________________________________.
3 It’s a __________________________ organisation. Nothing they do is serious.
4 He makes money from everything he does. He has the _______________________.
5 I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to say that. It was a __________________________________.
6 The investigation looked simple at first, but it became a _______________________.
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