Fish and Meat Idioms Exercise at Auto-English

 Circle the correct answer.

1 A: Were there many people at the concert?
B: Yeah. We were  ___.
A mutton dressed as lamb
B packed in like sardines
C saved our bacon
 

 

3 A: She's 56 and still goes round in miniskirts.
B: A case of ___.
A mutton dressed as lamb
B sardines
C bringing home the bacon
 

 

5 A: This soup's rather tasteless.
B: Yes. We need to  ___.
A add sardines
B throw in a lamb
C beef it up a bit
 

 

7 A: Thanks for telling Dad about the broken window.
B: That's OK. I think I've ___.
A dressed the mutton as lamb
B beefed it up
C saved your bacon
2 A: So her husband's unemployed.
B: Yeah. It's her that ___.
A beefs things up
B packs the sardines
C brings home the bacon
 

 

4 A: Thanks for helping. You ___.
B: That's alright. Anytime.
A were packed in like sardines
B saved my bacon
C brought home the bacon
 

 

6 A: I couldn't believe how crowded it was.
B: Yeah. We were ___.
A packed in like sardines
B beefing it up
C mutton dressed as lamb
 

 

8 A: The story for our play's rather boring.
B: I agree. We need to ___.
A bring home the bacon
B save the bacon
C beef it up

 

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