People Idioms Exercise at Auto-English

 to be born in a barn to be in someone's shoes to get/be upset to have no idea   to keep someone at arm's length.

Circle the correct answer.

1 You leave every door in the house open. __________ ?
A  Were you born in a barn or what
B I wouldn't like to be in your shoes
C Are you upset
2 Poor thing. She's getting divorced. __________ .
A Keep her at arm's length
B I wouldn't like to be in her shoes
C  She was born in a barn
3 A: Poor Andy. That's terrible.
B: Yes.__________ .
He's got no idea
B He's very upset
C  Keep him at arm's length
4 He's useless. __________ .
A He's very upset.
B He was born in a barn.
C  He's got no idea.
5 He's a bad type in my view. __________ .
A Keep him at arm's length
B He's got no idea
C He's very upset
6 The boss is furious with her. __________ .
A I wouldn't like to be in her shoes
B Keep her at arm's length
C Was she born in a barn or what?
7 She likes to take control of your life so make sure you __________ .
A keep her at arm's length
B you're not in her shoes
C you've got no idea
8 He's the worst computer expert I know. Really __________ .
A he's got no idea.
B he's very upset.
C he was born in a barn.

 

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