LANGUAGE TIPS ANSWERS: Idioms, similes, and metaphors, oh my [July 16, 2018]
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Susan Ramsay first arrived in Hong Kong in 2000 and joined Young Post as editor in 2008 after more than two decades as a sub editor and writer in her native South Africa, and Asia.
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1. It’s a recipe for disaster - e That’s not going to work
2. You can’t pull the wool over my eyes - a You can’t fool me
3. I got butterflies in my stomach - g I was feeling a bit nervous
4. I’m turning over a new leaf - b I am trying to do things differently
5. I’m a lamb to the slaughter - f I can’t look after myself
6. My bark is worse than my bite - c I may sound more nasty than I really am
7. I’m such a couch potato - d I don’t exercise enough
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