Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 2. Фразеология. Маковецкая Н.А - 11 стр.

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7. We ought to get written permission from them, to be on the safe side.
8. What are you doing? Are you out of your mind?
9.She hit her head on the roof and saw stars.
10. … going to shine among the charming company you keep? I suppose all the
   standbys will be there … -dancing attendance on you.
11.They said they would move heaven and earth to find them.
12.Whatever I say to that boy goes in at one ear and out of the other.
13.The cries that were coming from the next room made my flesh creep.

Exercise 21. Instructions as above.

1. “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman” , she said finally. “I
thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe ” .
(F.Fitzgerald). 2. You go out of your way – I mean this, now – you actually go out
of your way to torture yourself. (J.Salinger) 3. “A mouse! A mouth! Catch it
quick!” I hit the floor and jumped up and ran for my life. (R.Dahl) 4. Perhaps life
of a man-of-war with its restrictions irked him, perhaps he was in trouble, and
perhaps it was the South Seas and these romantic islands that got into his bones.
(S.Maugham) 5. His mouth watered at the thought of it. (Ibid) 6. Vic was now
obliged to follow his son upstairs to bed, though he wasn’t sleepy and would,
indeed, left to himself, have gone on watching the film, just to keep himself up to
date on the decline of public decency. (D.Lodge) 7.I shall ask you to dismiss it
from your mind, Martin. (R.Dahl) 8. We kept entirely to ourselves and we were
very happy in each other’s company. (Ibid) 9. Her voice made my blood run cold.
(Ibid) 10. Every time I get all set to put my foot down, we have dinner out, for
some reason, and I meet her somewhere and she comes in with these goddam white
gloves on or something. (J.Salinger) 11. It was with a gasp of relief that he reached
the last tree and finally set his feet on the firm ground of the other side. (Ibid) 12.
He had laid at her feet all the treasures of his soul, and she had cared nothing for
them. (Ibid)

Exercise 22. a) Choose the colour. Complete the idioms with a suitable colour.
(You will need to use some words more than once).
              b) Classify the expressions on the semantic principle.
1) Monday was a most unlucky day, a real … Monday.
grey, b) brown, c) black.
2) After sunbathing for two hours every day, Joanna was as … as a berry.
brown, b) red, d) pink.
3) She went as … as a sheet when she heard about the accident.
grey, b) green, c) white.
4) I was … with envy when my neighbour drove up a brand-new Jaguar.
green, b) red, c) white.
5) In most countries, goods that are scarce are usually freely available on the …
    market.
grey, b) black, c) brown.