Question

Vă rog exercițiile 3,4,8 și 9

Answer 1

Ex. 3.
1. You shoud stop spending so much money or you'll be IN THE RED before you know it!
2. There are very few problems at this school as the headmaster goversn the students with A FIRM HAND.
3. Tom's new business turned out to be A LAME DUCK and he lost a lot of money.
4. Gayle felt relieved when she put her wages into the bank as she was finally IN THE BLACK again.
5. You are PLAYING WITH FIRE if you quit your job before finding another one.

Ex. 4
1. to HIT rock bottom
If my grades are not high enough, I will feel like hitting rock bottom.
2. to FEEL the pinch
If the new taxes are applicable, my family will feel the pinch.
3. to PAY dividends
Working hard and learning well at school will pay dividends in your future.
4. to GIVE sb the boot
5. to STEP into sb's shoes.

Ex. 8.
Susan, I have the most wonderful news!
What is it? What's happened?
All the hard work we put into our formula is about to BEAR FRUIT. Someone wants to market it. We'll be rich. We won't have to LIVE ON A SHOESTRING anymore.
That's wonderful, darling. I knew that it wasn't MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN when we put all our savings into improving the formula. It'll earn us A SMALL FORTUNE.
You are right, dear. Let's go out and celebrate. After all, soon we'll be ROLLING IN IT.

Ex. 9.
1. With what little money I have from my savings, I can barely keep my HEAD ABOVE THE WATER.
2. The rent of Vicky's new flat is very high, so she'll have to TIGHTEN HER BELT from now on.
3. The long hours and hard work we put into the new company are finally beginning to PAY DIVIDENDS.
4. Ross is such an irresponsible employee; I wouldn't be surprised if he is GIVEN THE BOOT soon.
5. Arthur's off sick for a few months. So, Jenny, you'll have to STEP INTO HIS SHOES.
6. Nora's A LAME DUCK as a secretary. She can't do the job and is an expense to the company.
7. The company HIT ROCK BOTTOM after all the investors suddenly pulled out.
8. We've been LIVING ON A SHOESTING all winter so that we can afford to get married in August.
9. The public realised that the new government MEANT BUSINESS as soon as it raised the nation's taxes.
10. You could ask your boss to buy you a new company car; after all he's ROLLING IN IT.