Reading comprehension – Matching exercise
Read the article ‘Words, Words’ about expressions related to fishermen and fishing on pages 18-19 of English Now No. 122. Then try to match the sentences on the left with the pictures on the right.
Sailors don’t usually get sick. They have found their sea legs I can’t go on holidays this summer, I have bigger fish to fry. We can’t go abroad on holiday this year. That idea is dead in the water. I can’t settle in this town. I feel like a fish out of water. My grandfather was a sailor all his life. He was a real old sea dog. I fell for his lies hook, line and sinker. What part of that story is relevant? What’s it got to do with the price of fish? | | |
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