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Exercise 1 Match the idioms in column A with their definition in column B

literal | doslovno

red tape | birokracija

mambo-jumbo | nerazumljive besmislice

to cross the border | prijeći granicu

to take a closer look | pobliže pogledati

a tip of an iceberg | vrh sante

counterpart | pandan; kopija; kolega

to be down-to-earth | stajati s obje noge na zemlji, biti realističan

in seventh heaven, on cloud nine or over the moon | na sedmom nebu, izvan sebe od sreće

to put one’s cards on the table | staviti karte na stol

to put two and two together | zbrojiti dva i dva

to turn over a new leaf | okrenuti novu stranicu

to be head over heels in love | biti ludo zaljubljen

to cost an arm and a leg | koštati kao suho zlato

to make a mountain out of a molehill | praviti od muhe slona

to be snowed under | biti zatrpan poslom

in a nutshell | u nekoliko riječi

to go Dutch | platiti svaki svoj dio

once in a blue moon | jednom u plavom mjesecu

a piece of cake | mačji kašalj

a wise guy | pametan tip

  1. RED TAPE | a. sensible and practical

  2. MUMBO JUMBO | b. to be honest and open about something

  3. THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG | c. to be very much in love

  • DOWN-TO-EARTH | d. in a few words

  • TO BE ON CLOUD NINE, TO BE OVER THE MOON | e. to make a big problem out of a small one

  • TO PUT YOUR CARDS ON THE TABLE | f. bureaucracy

  • TO PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER | g. very easy

  • TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF | h. to be very expensive

  • IN A NUTSHELL | i. a small part of a much larger whole

  • TO GO DUTCH | j. to be very happy

  • TO BE HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE | k. to start right at the beginning

  • THE LAST STRAW | l. to share the bill in a café or a restaurant

  • IN THE SAME BOAT | m. someone who acts as if she or he knows everything

  • ONCE IN A BLUE MOON | n. to start over again

  • TO COST AN ARM AND A LEG | o. the thing that finally makes you angry

  • TO MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL | p. to have a lot of work to do

  • TO BE SNOWED UNDER | q. in the same situation

  • TO START FROM SCRATCH | r. almost never

  • A PIECE OF CAKE | s. language that is difficult to understand

  • A WISE GUY | t. to guess the truth about the situation