Question

3. Read the text, then match the idioms to the definitions. John is having a bad time. He has just started at a new school and it is not his cup of tea - he feels like a fish out of water because he keeps getting lost. Last week, he told Debbie, a girl in his class, that his father was a famous gardener because he has a green thumb. Debbie was all ears and green with envy, but she stopped talking to him when she found out that he was only pulling her leg.

a. not his cup of tea

b. fish out of water

c. has a green thumb

d. all ears

e. green with envy

f. pulling her leg

( ) Listening hard

( ) Very jealous

( ) Not what I want

( ) To be very good at gardening

( ) To tell a lie to somebody

( ) To be lost in a new place​

Answer 1

(d)Listening hard
(e) very jealous
(a) not what I want
(c) to be very good at gardening
(f) to tell a lie to somebody
(b) to be lost in a place