Vocabulary
Read the article ‘Words, Words’, about expressions with names of flowers and plants, on pages 18-19 of
English Now
No. 92. Then look at these questions and decide which of the three answers is correct.
1. How do you feel when you wake up as fresh as a daisy?
a. cold
b. refreshed
c. tired
2. Why do people say that Emily is a shrinking violet?
a. because she is shy
b. because her clothes don’t fit
c. because she is small
3. What does the expression ‘to gild the lily’ mean?
a. to cover something in gold paint
b. to improve something that is already beautiful
c. to pick a flower
4. If you grasp the nettle, what do you do?
a. do something silly
b. make a mistake
c. act in a decisive way
5. People who don’t let the grass grow under their feet…
a. …do something straight away.
b. …sit still for a long time.
c. …take a long time to decide something.
6. What do you mean if you say that life is a bed of roses?
a. Life is too short.
b. Life isn’t very good.
c. Life is pleasant.
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