Earth & Environment Idioms

2. “He seems to be recovering well from the surgery, but we aren’t out of the _______ yet.”
5. If you are out of the woods after surgery, it means you are feeling _______.
6. The neck of the woods is the _______ where you live.
8. “My boss never gives a straight answer when we ask him questions, it’s very frustrating. He is always _______ around the bush!”
11. “My grandmother loved gardening; she had a green _______ and was always out tending her garden.”
13. If someone thinks that the grass is greener on the other side, they may either be an optimistic or _______ person.
14. “I think we need to take a step back from the project and look at it with fresh eyes in a few days. I’m worried that we can’t see the _______ for the trees and are going to end up making bad decisions.”
15. To go to the ends of the earth for someone means that you will do _______ for them.
17. If you can’t see the forest for the trees, it means you can’t see the bigger _______.
18. “There’s a new café opening in your _______ of the woods, isn’t there? We should check it out some time.”
19. “We were worried about losing our jobs but it’s alright now, we’re in the _______.”

1. To be a down-to-earth person is to be a _______ person.
3. “John has started to pay me back the money he owes, but really it’s just a drop in the _______.”
4. A drop in the ocean is usually a very _______ amount of what is needed.
7. “In his wedding vows he said that he would go to the ends of the _______ for his wife.”
9. To have a green thumb is to have a natural _______ for gardening.
10. To not beat around the bush is to be _______.
12. “Even though he’s a worldwide superstar, he’s so _______-earth!”
16. I often think that the grass is _________ on the other side but then start counting my own blessings immediately.