1.Write the bird names under the pictures: 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ Complete the idioms with bird names: …………………… feed _ a ………………… and bull story _ a lame ……………………………. _ ……………………… out _ a sitting ………………………………… _ talk …………………………………… _ cook someone’s…………… …… _ …………………… party _ count ones …………………before they hatch. _ as the …………………… flies _ put/set the cat among the ………………………………. sick as a …………………… _ wild-……………… chase _ ……………………-fashion to kill two ………… with one stone 4.Complete the sentences with an idiom: Teachers in Hungary work for …………………………………………… John was angry because he was sent out on a ………………………………………………… Tim was ……………………………… when he heard Manchester had lost the match Tell them all they've got to work on Saturday That should ……………………… ………………………………………………… In under two years, it was transformed from a state-owned …………………………… into a successful company She told me some ……………………………… about her car breaking down Come on! Don't ………………………………… now! When I went to Sunday school, we had to recite passages from the Bible …………… …………………………… 6. 7. _ Find a definition for each idiom: a very small or insufficient amount of money or payment stop participating in a plan or activity because one is afraid when it becomes dangerous or too difficult to plan how to utilize good results of something before those results have occurred a story or an explanation or excuse that is hard to believe a person or enterprise that is not a success and that has to be helped a person or object in a vulnerable position that is easy to attack or injure talk seriously and frankly with someone the distance from one place to another in a straight line to spoil one’s plans or ruin one’s chances of success, often intentionally before marriage the bride-to-be and her female friends get together for an evening out to achieve two aims with a single action or at the same time provoke quarreling or argument by saying or doing something disgusted or very disappointed a foolish and hopeless search for sy or sg that does not exist or can only be found elwhere without thinking about or understanding the meaning of something Unarmed policemen walking the streets late at night are ……………………………… 10 Our farm is only five miles from town as ………………………………………………… 11 You may be disappointed if you …………………… ……………………………………………………………… 12 John wanted to …………………………………………, but Jane just wanted to joke around 13 Barbara's having her ………………………… a week before the wedding 14 I ……………………………………………… by not showing up on time 15 I………………………………………………………… and saw some old friends while I was in Louisiana visiting my parents Key: 1 goose, 2.crow, chicken/hen, rooster, parrot, duck, 7.turkey, pigeon -3 a chicken feed -1 b a cock and bull story -4 c a lame duck -5 d chicken out -2 e a sitting duck -6 f talk turkey -7 g cook someone’s goose -9 h hen party10 i count one’s chickens -3 j as the crow flies -8 k put the cat among the pigeons -12 l sick as a parrot -13 m wilde- goose chase -14 n parrot-fashion -15 o to kill two birds with one stone -11 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 chicken feed wild-goose chase sick as a parrot the cat among the pigeons lame duck cock-and-bull story chicken out parrot-fashion sitting ducks as the crow flies count your chickens before they hatch talk turkey hen party cooked my own goose killed two birds with one stone