Cats!

 

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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