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1 foot the bill 2 put your feet up 3 watch the box
Follow-up:
to have a wordlname on the tip of your tongue: 'Oh dear, her name's on the tip of my tongue!
What is it? Laura? Lona? Laurel? Something like that, anyway.'
to hold one's tongue: 'I'm going to hold my tongue. The last time 1 said anything it only caused
trouble, so this time, 1'11 say nothing.'
to be head over heels for someone I head over heels in love with someone: 'Jim's absolutely head
over heels for that new girl. He talks about her all day long and blushes every time her name's
mentioned.'
to toe the line: 'The boss gave him a very hard time yesterday about his lazy attitude and all the
absences he's had. He warned him he might lose his job. He's going to have to toe the line from
now on.'
to tip-toe I to walk on tip-toes: 'We'll have to tip-toe past the children's bedroom. 1 don't want to
wake them up.'
to get someone's back up: 'Sally won't get any sympathy from her workmates, in fact, quite the
opposite, she seems to get everybody's back up with her selfish attitude.'

Unit 84

1 Many hands make light work. 3 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
2 Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

1 Never look a gift-horse in the mouth. (Both proverbs advise you to take advantage of good
fortune when you have it in front of you.)
2 Don't cross your bridges before you come to them. (Both proverbs warn you not to anticipate
future events.)
3 Never judge a book by its cover. (Both proverbs warn against trusting the external or
superficial features of something.)
4 Familiarity breeds contempt. (Absence makes the heart grow fonder says that if you cannot be
with someone or something you will love themlit more. Familiarity breeds contempt says that
being with someone/something too much makes you hate them.)

84.3 1 People who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones.
2 When the cat's away, the mice will play.
3 There's no smoke without fire.
4 Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Unit 85

prepare by mixing ingredients
manage to see
constitute (make up with this meaning is usually used in the passive)
put into bundles
understand (with this meaning make out is usually combined with 'can' or 'could' and hot' or
'never')
making something more numerous or complete
claimed (make out implies that what is being claimed may well not be true)
renovate

1 up 2 without 3 up 4 out 5 up

English Vocabulary in Use