Anger Idioms B1+ B2 C1
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7/18/2019 Anger Idioms B1+ B2 C1
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Choose all correct answers.
Explain why the other answers are wrong.
1. She drives me up awall.
a. She climbs walls.
b. She makes me crazy.
c. She’s strange.
5. You tear your hair
out when
a. you hate your hairstyle
b. it’s very hot
c. when very frustrated
6. You say – Don’t have a
cow to
a. a farmer who lost a cow
b. to someone who is uset
about nothing
c. when laying !armville
". She went bananas
when she lost her
assort.
a. She sells bananas.
b. She was very uset.
c. She bought bananas.
#. Your father went
ballistic$ because
a. %e likes rockets.
b. %e’s e&tremely angry.
c. %e’s interested in
outer sace.
'. ( would scream bloody
murder when
a. ( was frightened.
b. Someone was )ust
murdered.
c. ( am livid.
1*. +hen the worst team
wins that takes the cake.
a. the cake is the rize
b. it’s unfair
c. the team refers cake to
winning a cu
1,. %is dad was as mad
as a hornet.
a. -here’s a nest of hornets
at his house.
b. %e’s crazy not angry.
c. ook out/ %e’s fuming.
10. %is mom blew up when
she saw his reort card.
a. She blew u balloons.
b. She was furious.
c. She didn’t mind.
1. I was so ticked off
when ( missed the train.
a. ( didn’t care.
b. (t was my fault.
c. ( was annoyed.
1#. -hat was the last
straw.
a. +e are out of straws.
b. ( can’t take it any more.
c. -hat was way too much.
0. Something that makesyour blood boil is
a. hot weather
b. boiling sou
c. eole who are
thoughtless and unkind
11. +hen he loses in
tennis$ he sees red.
a. %e’s really uset.
b. %e’s colorblind.
c. %e gets like a bull when
it sees a red cae.
15. 2oisy neighbors really
get my goat.
a. -he neighbors took my
goat.
b. 3oats are noisy too.
c. (t bothers me a lot.
16. 4eole who talk non
sto get on my nerves.
a. ( don’t like it.
b. y nerves are shot.
c. -hey make me nervous
1'. ( was beside myself
with worry.
a. (’m really worried.
b. ( sat beside my friend.
c. ( am not at all bothered.
1". For crying out loud
will you be 7uiet.
a. Someone is making a
lot of noise.
b. ( was crying loudly.
c. ( don’t mind at all.
*. Steam was pouring
out of his ears.
a. %e )ust drank hot
coffee.
b. %e’s really mad.
c. (t’s a very hot day.
. y boss blew his stack/top when
a. ( deleted the reort.
b. ( forgot his name.
c. ( broke the hotocoier.
,. ( was hopping madwhen my best friend
a. stood me u
b. forgot my birthday
c. lost my i4od
Anger idioms
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Choose all correct answers.
Explain why the other answers are wrong.
1. She drives me up awall.
a. She climbs walls.
b. She makes me crazy.
c. She’s strange.
5. You tear your hair
out when
a. you hate your hairstyle
b. it’s very hot
c. when very frustrated
6. You say – Don’t have a
cow to
a. a farmer who lost a cow
b. to someone who is uset
about nothing
c. when laying !armville
". She went bananas
when she lost her
assort.
a. She sells bananas.
b. She was very uset.
c. She bought bananas.
#. Your father went
ballistic$ because
a. %e likes rockets.
b. %e’s e&tremely angry.
c. %e’s interested in
outer sace.
'. ( would scream bloody
murder when
a. ( was frightened.
b. Someone was )ust
murdered.
c. ( am livid.
1*. +hen the worst team
wins that takes the cake.
a. the cake is the rizeb. it’s unfair
c. the team refers cake to
winning a cu
1,. %is dad was as mad
as a hornet.
a. -here’s a nest of hornets
at his house.
b. %e’s crazy not angry.
c. ook out/ %e’s fuming
10. %is mom blew up when
she saw his reort card.
a. She blew u balloons.
b. She was furious.
c. She didn’t mind.
1. I was so ticked off
when ( missed the train.
a. ( didn’t care.b. (t was my fault.
c. ( was annoyed.
1#. -hat was the last
straw.
a. +e are out of straws.
b. ( can’t take it any more.
c. -hat was way too much.
0. Something that makesyour blood boil is
a. hot weather
b. boiling sou
c. eole who are
thoughtless and unkind
11. +hen he loses in
tennis$ he sees red.
a. %e’s really uset.b. %e’s colorblind.
c. %e gets like a bull when
it sees a red cae.
15. 2oisy neighbors really
get my goat.
a. -he neighbors took my
goat.
b. 3oats are noisy too.c. (t bothers me a lot.
16. 4eole who talk non
sto get on my nerves.
a. ( don’t like it.
b. y nerves are shot.
c. -hey make me nervous
1'. ( was beside myself
with worry.
a. (’m really worried.
b. ( sat beside my friend.
c. ( am not at all bothered.
1". For crying out loud
will you be 7uiet.
a. Someone is making a
lot of noise.
b. ( was crying loudly.
c. ( don’t mind at all.
*. Steam was pouring
out of his ears.
a. %e )ust drank hot
coffee.
b. %e’s really mad.
c. (t’s a very hot day.
. y boss blew his stack/top when
a. ( deleted the reort.
b. ( forgot his name.
c. ( broke the hotocoier.
,. ( was hopping madwhen my best friend
a. stood me u
b. forgot my birthday
c. lost my i4od
Anger idiom
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Choose all correct answers.
Explain why the other answers are wrong.
1. She drives me up a
wall.
a. She climbs walls.
b. She makes me crazy.
c. She’s strange.
5. You tear your hair
out when
a. you hate your hairstyle
b. it’s very hot
c. when very frustrated
6. You say – Don’t have a
cow to
a. a farmer who lost a cow
b. to someone who is uset
about nothing
c. when laying !armville
". She went bananas
when she lost her
assort.
a. She sells bananas.
b. She was very uset.
c. She bought bananas.
#. Your father went
ballistic$ because
a. %e likes rockets.
b. %e’s e&tremely angry.
c. %e’s interested in
outer sace.
'. ( would scream blood
murder when
a. ( was frightened.
b. Someone was )ust
murdered.
c. ( am livid.
1*. +hen the worst team
wins that takes the cake.
a. the cake is the rize
b. it’s unfairc. the team refers cake to
winning a cu
1,. %is dad was as mad
as a hornet.
a. -here’s a nest of hornets
at his house.
b. %e’s crazy not angry.
c. ook out/ %e’s fuming.
10. %is mom blew up when
she saw his reort card.
a. She blew u balloons.
b. She was furious.
c. She didn’t mind.
1. I was so ticked off
when ( missed the train
a. ( didn’t care.
b. (t was my fault.
c. ( was annoyed.
1#. -hat was the last
straw.
a. +e are out of straws.
b. ( can’t take it any more.
c. -hat was way too much.
0. Something that make
your blood boil is
a. hot weather
b. boiling sou
c. eole who are
thoughtless and unkind
11. +hen he loses in
tennis$ he sees red.
a. %e’s really uset.
b. %e’s colorblind.
c. %e gets like a bull when
it sees a red cae.
15. 2oisy neighbors really
get my goat.
a. -he neighbors took my
goat.
b. 3oats are noisy too.
c. (t bothers me a lot.
16. 4eole who talk non
sto get on my nerves.
a. ( don’t like it.
b. y nerves are shot.
c. -hey make me nervou
1'. ( was beside myself
with worry.
a. (’m really worried.
b. ( sat beside my friend.
c. ( am not at all bothered.
1". For crying out loud
will you be 7uiet.
a. Someone is making a
lot of noise.
b. ( was crying loudly.
c. ( am very annoyed..
*. Steam was pouring
out of his ears.
a. %e )ust drank hot
coffee.
b. %e’s very mad.
c. (t’s a very hot day.
. y boss blew his
stack/top when
a. ( deleted the reort.
b. ( forgot his name.
c. ( broke the hotocoier.
,. ( was hopping mad
when my best friend
a. stood me u
b. forgot my birthday
c. lost my i4od
Anger idiom
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ist of anger idioms
MOST EXTREME
. I blew my stack/my top
!. I was hopping mad
". It makes my blood boil.
#. I was tearing my hair out.
$. %e went ballistic.
&. She saw red.
'. I blew up.
(. %e went off the deep end.
). I was beside myself.
*.Steam was pouring out of my ears.
.%e was screaming bloody murder.
!.%e was as mad as a hornet.
".I’m at my wit’s end.
#.She hit the ceiling.
$.Steam was pouring out of his ears.
&.%e was in a rage.
'.I am furious
(.I was enraged
).I was livid
LESS EXTREME
1. Don’t have a cow.
2. She went bananas.
3. That takes the cake.
4. I was so ticked off.
5. That gets my goat.
6. She gets on my neves.
!. That’s the "ast staw#
$. Don’t have a conni%tion.
&. That dives me '% a wa"".
1(. )o' know what b'gs
me. *