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79.2 Possible answers:
2 Probably quite browned off, or even in a (black) mood.
3 Over the moon, as pleased as Punch, on cloud nine.
4 Probably like a bear with a sore head and in a (black) mood!
5 Down in the dumps, a bit down, browned off.
6 On cloud nine, over the moon.
7 1 ... life out of me. 5 ... out of my skin.
2 ... the weather. 6 ... eat a horse.
3 ... as the day is long. 7 ... form. (You could also say on top of the world.)
4 . . . cloud nine.

get itchy feet - get a desire to be travelling or moving around.
(to be) on the edge of your seat - to be impatient, excited, in suspense, waiting for something to
happen.
Leo:
to be up in arms - to be very angry and protesting loudly.
to be in two minds - unable to decide or make your mind up about something.
1 I'm in two minds about that job in Paris.
2 I've been on the edge of my seat all day. What's happened? Tell me!
3 Her son got itchy feet and went off to Uruguay.
4 Everyone was up in arms when they cancelled the outing.

1 felt as if my head was going round 4 to be in a black mood
2 was scared out of his wits 5 get carried away
3 swell with pride
Example sentences:
1 So many people surrounded me all wanting to ask me questions. I felt as if my head was going
round.
2 That programme about nuclear weapons scared me out of my wits.
3 Seeing her in the graduation procession made her parents swell with pride.
4 Careful! The boss is in a black mood today.
5 I know I shouldn't have listened to his lies, but I got carried away by his charming personality.

Unit 80

You might find the following idioms and expressions, depending on your dictionary:
1 let the cat out of the bag
to think you are the cat's whiskers (think you're wonderful)
fight like cat and dog (fight furiously)
there's not enough room to swing a cat (very little room I cramped conditions)
2 be in a fix
get a fix on your position (find out exactly where you are)
something is fixed in your mindlbrain (you remember it clearly)
you fix somebody up with something (provide them with something)
3 pour oil on troubled waters
pour cold water on an idea I a plan (criticise something so that people don't want to do it any
more)
pour your heart out to somebody (tell them all your troubles)
it's pouring with rain (raining very heavily)

English Vocabulary in Use