Can you complete this famous English saying? It means that we love a person more when they are not with us.
Absence makes…
a) the heart sad
b) the heart miss someone
c) the heart beat faster
d) the heart grow fonder
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Answer: d) the heart grow fonder
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Can you complete this famous English proverb? It means good times don’t last forever.
All good things…
a)…stop
b) …finish
c) …last a short time
d) …must come to an end
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Answer: d)
All good things must come to an end.
Can you complete this English proverb?
A picture paints…
a) a lot of things
b) a thousand words
c) more than words
d) colours
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Answer: b) A picture paints a thousand words.
It means that a picture can tell a story or give more information than a lot of words.
Can you complete this famous English proverb? It means that children are similar to their parents.
The apple doesn’t….
a) look different
b) fall far from the tree
c) grow differently
d) change in appearance
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Answer: b)
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Can you complete this famous English proverb?
Let bygones
a) be forgotten
b) be bygones
c) be remembered
d) be present
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Answer: b) be bygones
Let bygones be bygones means don’t worry about what happened in the past, especially past mistakes or misunderstandings.
Can you complete this well-known English proverb?
Absence makes the heart…
a) feel bad
b) grow fonder
c) grow bigger
d) leap
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Answer: b)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
It means that when we are apart from people we love, we love them even more.
Do you know the English proverb “Don’t upset the apple cart“? Read the conversation below. Can you guess the meaning?
Natalie: I’m going to suggest a new way of working in the meeting tomorrow. I think people will work better and faster if they try my way of working.
Greg: Don’t upset the apple cart. Everyone has been working here longer than you. They don’t like change. The last time someone suggested a change in the way of working, it caused a lot of problems. The boss is happy with the way we work now.
Does it mean
a) Don’t disturb things. Leave things as they are
b) Don’t damage the apples
c) Don’t make people angry
d) Don’t upset the boss
The answer is below ↓
Answer: a) Don’t disturb things. Leave things as they are
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