B. Reading comprehension

Read the article ‘Words, Words’, about expressions with the word ‘cat’, on page 18-19 of English Now No. 93. Then, fill in the gaps with the correct expressions.
put the cat among the pigeonsraining cats and dogslet the cat out of the bagplay cat and mousecat-napfighting like cat and doglike the cat that got the creamHas the cat got your tongue

  • Yesterday, my brother and I were arguing. We were
    ______
    because he gave the secret away about Fred’s party. “You have
    ______
    ,” I said. He didn’t reply, so I said,
    ______
    ? Don’t
    ______
    with me!” My brother said he was very sorry that he had caused so much trouble and
    ______
    . However, he said that Fred was very pleased and now looked
    ______
    . He apologised and offered to buy me a coffee. The weather was very bad though. It was
    ______
    , so he made coffee for me at home. I was very tired then, so I had a
    ______
    before lunch.



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