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Legal Idioms

The document presents a list of legal idioms along with their definitions and Ukrainian equivalents. It also includes fill-in-the-gap exercises for practicing the use of these idioms in context. The idioms cover various legal concepts and common phrases used in legal discussions.

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Legal Idioms

The document presents a list of legal idioms along with their definitions and Ukrainian equivalents. It also includes fill-in-the-gap exercises for practicing the use of these idioms in context. The idioms cover various legal concepts and common phrases used in legal discussions.

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Legal Idioms in Use

1. Read the definitions for the following idioms and find their equivalents in the Ukrainian
language.

1. legal age – adultness


2. an open and shut case – easily solved case as the facts are clear
3. Jersey justice – very severe punishment, speedy and effective
4. to bend the law – to cheat a little bit without breaking the law
5. Jury is out – smth has not been decided
6. burden of proof – the responsibility for proving that smth is true
7. signed, sealed and delivered – to be officially or legally confirmed and done
8. to bring someone to book – to punish smb and make the person explain his behavior
9. spirit of the law – means exactly what the law says / letter of the law – means not to put
the strict observation of the law
10. Sod`s law (US Murphy`s law) – the principle that if it is possible for smth to go wrong it
will go wrong
11. null and void – having no legal force, no longer legally accepted
12. a slap on the wrist – a gentle warning or punishment; a small punishment when more
severe is deserved
13. to be caught red-handed – to be caught in the act of doing smth wrong such as cheating
or stealing
14. to grease someone`s palm – to give someone money in exchange of a favour
15. (to do smth) under the table – smth is done secretly usually because it`s illegal and
unethical
16. with no strings attached – without any special demand or limits when you don`t expect
anything in return
17. last will and testament – a legal document that a person creates before dying; it contains
notes and essential elements dedicated to family, friends
18. to turn a blind eye (and a deaf ear) to smth – to ignore smth that you know is wrong or
illegal (the origin of this expression can been found in the naval battle of Copenhagen in
1801 when two admirals Nelson and Parker disagreed over war tactics
19. cease and desist (letter, orders) – stop doing smth such as operating a business because
of a legal order; official order to stop illegal activity from a court or government agency
20. a grace period – extra time you are given to pay money you owe without paying an
additional amount
21. a fine print – footnotes at the bottom of the document that explain or clarify the deal; it
holds the details, terms, conditions, warnings to understand all the conditions of a contract
before agreeing to them

2. Fill in the gaps with appropriate legal idioms.

1. Bob`s death was ___________ as he left a suicide note.


2. Nobody ever got arrested for _______________ .
3. Nothing has been decided yet. _____________ on the safety of irradiated food.
4. The bus is always late but today when I was late it came on time – that`s _____________.
5. The elections must be declared ___________ and new ones need to be organized.
6. The police officer gave Sanna ____________ for not wearing her seat belt.
7. In countries where there are a lot of corruption, it`s ok to do ___________ payments to
officials.
8. The boys were trying to steal a car and the police caught them ____________.
9. Until now, the mayor has turned _________ to the city`s homelessness problem.
10. Howard agreed to lend me money without any special demands or limits with
_____________ .
11. He has instructed his lawyer what he wants to do with his assets after death in his
__________ .
12. Fundamentally, ____________ relation is one in which two people are not committed to
each other in any way and don`t expect anything in return.
13. You have a ten-day ___________ provided by the bank to pay your insurance.
14. Due to ___________ letter sent by lawyers, this site`s content is currently unavailable.
15. Make sure you examine ___________ before you sign a contract.
16. Police should be asked to investigate the crime so that the guilty can _____________
soon.
17. The change in the law makes the previous agreement __________ .
18. We need to make sure that criminals like these get more from the authorities than
____________ .
19. Police know that these strike actions are illegal but __________ to the lawbreaking.
20. Twenty years in jail for stealing a car? That sounds like ___________ to me.

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