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Vocabulary
IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

DUCK

  • a sitting duck = somebody easy to attack
  • an ugly duckling = a person who at first seems unpromising but later becomes admired
  • like a duck to water = without fear, naturally
  • like water off a duck's back = (of criticisms) without any effect
  • a dead duck = a plan that will probably fail
  • a lame duck = a person/organization in trouble that needs help
  • to duck a subject/question = to avoid a difficult or unpleasant subject/question

 

Exercise
Choose the right answer.

1. He wasn't afraid at all, he jumped from the plane .

2. Tamara looks very pretty now! She wasn't that pretty some time ago. She's like .

3. I don't hear all those criticisms. For me, they are  .

4. Out in the vast field, the soldiers were for the enemy.

5. Even before starting, they admitted that the project was  .

6. This organization needs the help of the employees to survive, it's really .

7. When the issue  was mentioned, and everyone wanted to know, Norbert  .

Score:
   
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