Idioms Crossword puzzle
Across
- 3. You look very tired. We’d better call it a ____ and go home.
- 5. Judy made a list of books for the book club to read, but she told members to feel ____ to make other suggestions.
- 7. The English teacher gave her students a useful ____ of thumb. She told them not to repeat the same adjectives too many times in one essay.
- 8. Vivian is a night _____. She never goes to sleep before midnight.
- 9. On a hot day like today, an iced tea is just what the ______ ordered!
- 12. We’ve only got two hours to fi nish this project. Let’s roll up our _____ and start working.
- 13. Good luck at the casino. Hopefully you’ll strike it ____!
- 14. You think Al should tell his boss that she’s wrong? Easier said than _____!
- 16. Stop jumping up and down on the bed! If it breaks, it’ll be no laughing ___.
- 19. If you studied your idioms, this crossword puzzle should be a ____ of cake.
Down
- 1. You’d better get up ____ and early to fi nish your homework.
- 2. Mmmm, this chocolate cake is out of this _____!
- 3. Joe wants to join the army, but he hasn’t yet broken the ____ to his mom.
- 4. Julie was very upset when her landlord increased her rent by 25 percent. Now she doesn’t know how she’ll make ends ____.
- 5. Jay didn’t cheat during the Scrabble game. He won ____ and square.
- 6. You have an exam tomorrow morning? You’d better start hitting the ____!
- 10. Eva loves to travel. She’s traveled all ____ the world.
- 11. You’re going on vacation to Aruba? I’m ____ with envy.
- 12. The US team did not win the World Cup, but they gave it their best _____.
- 15. I know you had your ____ set on going skiing this weekend, but I’m afraid there won’t be enough snow.
- 17. Tom doesn’t want to go to the rock concert. Jazz is more his cup of ____.
- 18. I wanted to buy The New York Times this morning, but by the time I got to the store, they had already ____ out.
- 19. Todd doesn’t like reading. It’s like ____ teeth to get him to read anything.