Exercise-14
Fill in each blank in the following sentences with a suitable idiomatic expression given in the box. Make the necessary changes.
| up to the mark ins and outs in the good books
take to heart take the cake behind the scenes at a stretch pass muster in high spirits |
1.She is a workaholic who sometimes works ten hours ________ _.
2. She knows_________ of the entire episode.
3. He is adept at spreading rumours. But this particular one_________ .
4. After winning the match the captain is _________ .
5. His recent performance was not _________ . though.
6. Such lame excuses will not_________ .
7. He_________ . all those unfair criticism.
8.The new manager is_________ of his superiors.
9.Everybody knows that she is_________ . Otherwise, such things would not have happened.
Answers:-
1. at a Stretch
2. ins and outs
3. took the cake
4. in high spirits
5. up to the mask
6. pass muster
7. took to heart
8. in the good books
9. behind the scenes
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