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Idioms B2 First - Upper Intermediate Level

The document lists common idioms organized into categories including clothing, computers, travel, animals, feelings, performing arts, sports, work, workplace, advertising, space, technology, personality, education, plants, food, hobbies, books, and body. Some examples provided are "comfortable as an old shoe", "spread like wildfire", "get itchy feet", "look a gift horse in the mouth", "keep your chin up", "it takes two to tango", "set the ball rolling", "give a blank check", "sell like hotcakes", "a space cadet", "reinvent the wheel", "a pain in the neck", "pass with flying colors", "be around

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Idioms B2 First - Upper Intermediate Level

The document lists common idioms organized into categories including clothing, computers, travel, animals, feelings, performing arts, sports, work, workplace, advertising, space, technology, personality, education, plants, food, hobbies, books, and body. Some examples provided are "comfortable as an old shoe", "spread like wildfire", "get itchy feet", "look a gift horse in the mouth", "keep your chin up", "it takes two to tango", "set the ball rolling", "give a blank check", "sell like hotcakes", "a space cadet", "reinvent the wheel", "a pain in the neck", "pass with flying colors", "be around

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MOST COMMON IDIOMS

B2 FIRST – UPPER INTERMEDIATE

Idioms related to clothes

• Comfortable as an old shoe


• Have something up your sleeve
• Pull your socks up
• A stuffed shirt
• Take my hat off to you

Idioms related to computer

• Spread like wildfire


• Be a doctor phenomenon
• To be a silver surfer
• Boot up your computer
• Be a cog in the wheel

Idioms related to travelling

• Get itchy feet


• Sail through
• Be in the same boat
• A mile a minute
• Hit the road
Idioms related to animals

• Look a gift horse in the mouth


• A wolf in sheep’s’ clothing
• Feel like a fish out of the water
• Have a whole of a time
• Take the bull by the horns

Idioms related to feelings and mood

• Keep your chin up


• Be on cloud nine
• Be under the weather
• Jump out of my skin
• Be in two minds about

Idioms related to performing arts

• It takes two to tango


• Break a leg
• The show isn’t over until the fat lady sings
• A backup singer
• Being in the spotlight

Idioms related to sports

• Set the ball rolling


• The ball is in your court
• Come out of the left field
• To play the game
• Move the goalpost
Idioms related to work

• Give a blank check


• Business is business
• Work your fingers to the bone
• Roll up your sleeves
• To learn by the ropes

Idioms related to workplace

• Break your back


• Back to the salt mines
• Nothing ventured, nothing gained
• Do the donkey work
• Talk shop

Idioms related to advertising and money

• Sell like hotcakes


• Have the Midas touch
• Break the bank
• Be in the red
• Be back on your feet

Idioms related to space

• A space cadet
• Once in a blue moon
• The sky is the limit
• It’s not rocket science
• Be in another planet
Idioms related to technology

• Reinvent the wheel


• Get your wires crossed
• Be on the same wire length
• Find my feet
• Be light years ahead

Idioms related to people and personality

• A pain in the neck


• To be a layabout
• Be quick-tempered
• Be a know-it-all
• Be as good as gold

Idioms related to education

• Pass with flying colors


• Be the teacher’s pet
• Hit the books
• As easy as ABC
• Go back to the basics

Idioms related to the word plants

• Be around the bush


• Everything is coming up roses
• Barking up the wrong three
• Be as fresh as a daisy
• Shaking like a leaf
Idioms related to the word food

• The apple of someone’s eyes


• Bring home the bacon
• Spill the beans
• As cool as a cucumber
• It’s no use crying over spill milk

Idioms related to hobbies

• Be a (history) buff
• Be an avid sports fan
• A social butterfly
• A party animal
• To be a homebody person

Idioms related to the word book

• Be an open book
• Do everything by the book
• Have your nose in the book
• Judge a book by its cover
• Be a someone’s good book

Idioms related to body

• Have it on the tip of my tongue


• To have my heart in my mouth
• To give someone a piece of my mind
• Turn a hair
• To pull my leg

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