Reading comprehension

Match the situation with the correct expression.

1. Your best friend is in love and wants to get married as quickly as possible.				a. I could eat a horse.
2. You want your best friend to slow down and think before talking about marriage.				b. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
3. Your brother was given a car by his company, but it is an old car painted in a horrible colour.				c. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
4. You can say this if you haven’t eaten lunch, and you’ve spent three hours in the sports club.				d. Get back in the saddle.
5. You’ve been divorced three times, and you have just been asked to get married again.				e. Get off your high horse.
6. You have found an excellent internship opportunity for your nephew, but he wants to start his own business instead.				f. Chomp at the bit.
7. Your colleague has learned about a promotion he will receive; now he treats you and your other colleagues as if you were less important than him.				g. Hold your horses!