Idioms 1
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Match the sentences in bold with the corresponding idioms.
Spanish: Me lo contó un pajarito
A little
birdie mentioned
bird said to
bird told
me
Spanish: A la más minima
At the
fall of a leaf
sound of a voice
drop of a hat
Spanish: Irse por las ramas
Beat
the drum
around the bush
the same subject
Spanish: No hay mal que por bien no venga
A blessing
always comes
in times of need
in disguise
me. Spanish: pagar los platos rotos
Carry
the can
the broken plates
the responsibility
Spanish: costar una barbaridad
cost
a hand and a foot
an arm and a leg
a barbarity
Joe: "Do you like country music?" He asked me
do I like
if I had liked
if I liked
country music. Michael: "I was working at 4 o clock" He told me that he
had worked
was working
worked
at 4 o clock. Maria: "Why don't we go to the beach" She suggested
to go
going
we would go
to the beach. Paula: "I've never been to London" She said that she
never was
had been never
had never been
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