Практикум по лексикологии английского языка. Часть 2. Фразеология. Маковецкая Н.А - 25 стр.

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7. Do we really need so many of us to do this job? Won't we get in each other's
    way?
8. It's not my fault I haven't finished this typing yet. It's not a very good machine
    and the stuff I have to copy is very difficult to read.

Exercise 44. Match the halves of these proverbs and decide what they are really
about.

1) It takes all sorts               a) and he'll take a mile
2) Many hands                       b) out of mind
3) Give him an inch                 c) three's crowd
4) Out of sight                     d) to make a world
5) Two's company                    e) makes Jack a dull boy
6) All work and no play             f) make light work
7) You can't have your cake         g) and I'll scratch yours
8) A new broom                      h) run deep
9) A bad workman                    i) and eat it
10) You scratch my back             k) to be wise after the event
11) Still waters                    l) sweeps clean
12) It's easy                       m) always blames his tools
Now can you think of any Russian proverbs and sayings, which suggest similar
ideas?

Exercise 45. List 1 consists of a number of common expressions (sayings and
provebs). Supply the missing proposition(s) and then match the expressions to the
definitions given in List 2. Some are used more than once.

        against      before          between        from      in        into
          on          out of          over           up      with      without

List 1
1. A bird … the hand is worth two … the bush.
2. It’s like banging your head … a brick wall.
3. … the devil and the deep blue sea.
4. Have a card … your sleeve.
5. Have several irons … the the fire.
6. An iron hand … a velvet glove.
7. It’s no use crying … split milk.
8. Keep the wolf … the door.
9. Kill two birds … one stone.
10. Make a mountain … a molehill.
11. … the frying pan and … the fire.
12. Put the cart … the horse.
13. The grass is always greener … the other side.
14. There’s no smoke … fire.