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Cat idioms




Downloadable worksheets:
Denis the Cat Burglar (Reading + Video Listening)
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 199

 
Idioms for every day
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 166

 
cat idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 75

 
Idioms 2 out of 9 - to let the cat out of the bag
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 48

 
cats)))))))
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 46

 
Cat Idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-14
Downloads: 39

 

Listen to this VOA Special English program http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/words-and-their-stories-when-the-cats-away-120398984/118769.html and fill in the gaps with the cat idioms you've learned:
 
to look like the cat that ate the canary
to play cat and mouse with someone
to look like something the cat dragged in
the cat's meow / the cat's pajamas
a scaredy cat
a copycat
a fat cat
a cat nap
to let the cat out of the bag
the cat has got one's tongue
when the cat's away, the mice will play
curiosity killed the cat
there is not enough room to swing a cat
like herding cats
a cat in gloves catches no mice

 
       1. When I came home after walking three miles in the pouring rain I looked completely .

2. You don't get marks just by sitting in the classroom. Remember, .

3. How could you possibly tell them I was going out with John?! This was supposed to be only between you and me! I had never thought you would !

4. Ron has so much money they can barely fit in his wallet! He is as rich as hell, that lucky !

5. Why were you looking through my bags the day before your Birthday party?! Now you've spoiled all the surprise! Truly, !

6. — Good job, boys! Now I need this sofa to be moved near that wardrobe.

— But Ms. Krichevsky, how are we supposed to put it there when it's not?!

7. — Have you bought a dress for a prom yet?

— Oh, yeah, you should see it, man! It's the !

8. Jim, what's the matter? You don't seem to be very talkative today. ?

9. Honey, you look so exhausted! Maybe you should take a ?

10. It feels so hopeless — trying to get those little kids in front of camera and take a group picture! For God's sake, it's like !

11. Just look at Irene! Last Sunday she made her nails the way I always do and today, mind you, just two hours ago, I saw her in the same shirt like I once worn! She is such a !

12. My date treats me so strangely! Only yesterday she let me kiss her on the lips and today she slapped me in the face for no reason! Man, I think, she with me.

13. Kate took some money from her mother's wallet while she was in the bathroom to buy a new exquisite perfume. She never told anyone about it. Needless to say, the day she bought the perfume, she looked !

14. Bill's parents are away for the weekend. He does whatever he pleases now. !

15. I bet, you wouldn't go to the cemetery on Halloween, you, !