We have many idioms about Cats in English.
Have you ever heard them?
-These are some of them:
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1. There isn't enough room to swing a cat.
2. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
3. You're like a cat on hot bricks.
4. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
5. Cat got your tongue?
6. Like a cat that's got the cream.
7. Put the cat among the pigeons.
8. Don't let the cat out of the bag.
9. Curiosity killed the cat.
10. You haven't got a cat in hell's chance!
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Now, let's see which situations they are used in.
But, please you match those idioms with the situations.
These are those situations:
_____1. Describe a room as very small.
_____2.Tell someone that there are different ways of doing something.
_____3. Say that there is going to be trouble because of what someone has said.
_____4. Remind someone to keep something secret.
_____5. Describe what happens when the boss leaves the office for a day or two.
_____6. Warn someone not to try to find out private information about others.
_____7. Tell someone they are being jumpy and nervous.
_____8. Tease someone when they are expected to speak and they do not.
_____9. Say that someone is very pleased with themselves.
_____10. Tell someone that they will not succeed in what they are trying to do.
-Can you guess for which idioms they are used in?
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