CT 8: English (Idioms & Phrases)

1) If someone is 'barking up the wrong tree', what are they doing?

2) What is the meaning of 'When pigs fly'?

3) What does the idiom 'Burning the midnight oil' mean?

4) If someone is 'In the same boat', what does it mean?

5) If a person 'Caught between a rock and a hard place', what is their situation?

6) The phrase 'Head in the clouds' usually means?

7) What does 'To pull someone’s leg' mean?

8) If someone is 'Throwing in the towel', what are they doing?

9) What does 'Cost an arm and a leg' mean?

10) What is the meaning of 'A dime a dozen'?