Idioms challenge

As we were talking about travelling in class here you are a series of expressions (idioms) related to the topic. Can you complete the expressions? The solutions are in the comment below.

FEET / TIME / SUITCASE / MOVE / LINE / WEATHER

1. This new job in sales means that I’ll have to live out of a …………….. for months.

2. I’ll drop you a …………………. as soon as I get there and let you know what’s going on.

3. I can’t wait to put my ………………. up and forget about work.

4. Come on! If you don’t get a ……………….. on, we’ll miss the train.

5- I’ve been feeling a bit under the …………………… all week.

6- We arrived in the nick of …………………… The show was about to start as we sat down.

 

3 responses to “Idioms challenge

  1. 1- live out of a suitcase (travel so much that you don’t unpack)
    2- drop someone a line (write a letter)
    3- put one’s feet up (relax)
    4- get a move on (hurry up)
    5- feel a bit under the weather (feel a bit down, depressed or unwell)
    6- in the nick of time (at the last moment)

  2. Idioms are useful to improve natural speech but as phrasal verbs, they are difficult to understand !!.
    I leave one, even though it is out of the topic is related with student’s work.

    “Practice Makes Perfect”

    I think, this is the only one I knew.

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