Idioms test

 

Please translate the following. Don’t erase the English sentences; write in the empty line below.

 

  1. Six months later he fell off the wagon in spectacular fashion with a three-day drinking spree.   

 

 

 

  1. - The next time he treats me like that, I’m just going to quit my job.

- Isn’t that a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face?

 

 

 

  1. The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they’d lost the game.

 

 

 

  1. If everyone puts their shoulder to the wheel ,the job will be finished in no time.

 

 

 

  1. She tells me she’s planned out her whole career, but as far as I can see it’s all just castles in the air.

 

 

 

  1. Why does he talk to Alison as if she’s stupid, when we all know she could run rings around him?

 

 

 

  1. If both teams are playing at their best, the game will go down to the wire.