C2 · Mastery
Idioms: Resilience, Risk & Conflict
Use and paraphrase idioms about persistence, risk and conflict, selecting an image that fits the actual event and tone.
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- Words & phrases
- 27
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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Words you’ll make your own.
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- to have the bit between one's teeth, to be hungry for more
- to get back on the horse
- to break down, to go to pieces
- to be of sound mind, to be in one's right mind
- to pass the buck
- to have to work hard, to break a sweat
- to go the whole way, to go all in
- to be a bore, a dry stick
- to be on a slippery slope
- to have backbone
- to be a hot potato, a touchy issue
- to tie oneself in knots
- to come to blows, to be at each other's throats
- to blurt out, to say too much
- to come like a thief in the night, out of nowhere
- to have taken a dislike to someone
- it's raining cats and dogs
- to be out of one's mind, off one's rocker
- to be completely worn out, gone to the dogs
- to flip a coin
- to do some soul-searching, to mend one's ways
- to burn the candle at both ends
- to go off the rails
- to have a bad feeling
- to go all in on
- to come to your senses
- to fly the flag for
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Idioms for Risk and Resilience
- Lesson 2
Returning to Work After Illness
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
Mastery · Part 1
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
27 Units · about 20 h
Idioms in Cultural Context
Understand and use the idioms and proverbs native speakers take for granted.
10 Units · about 7 h
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