1. Time for the competition “American Idioms”! Pick your idiom by its beginning word: Home PageGame Directions AAll BeatBeside At Big DirtyCookCheck Give Ghost MakeOverPickPut In Down Burn Back Two Ins Face Bury Be Vanish Know Get Catch Beat

2. Burn the midnight oil Stay up late studying Ready, prepared Angry Back to the competition!

3. Beat one’s brain out Angry Get information from an expert Work vigorously, very hard Back to the competition!

4. Dirty look Homeless Angry or displeased look Not clean Back to the competition!

5. Get away with Disappear Go unpunished (to receive no punishment) Travel to somewhere with someone Back to the competition!

6. Vanish into thin air Stay up late studying Disappear suddenly Can not breath Back to the competition!

7. Be all ears Listen attentively Be careful Get ready Back to the competition!

8. Make no secret of Reveal, tell openly Listen attentively Give someone a chance Back to the competition!

9. Beat around the bush In a similar situation Details Not to be direct, not to say exactly what you wantNot to be direct, not to say exactly what you want Back to the competition!

10. A man of his word Sale person Someone who doesn’t break his promise Someone who tell a story Back to the competition!

11. Check up on Make sure Investigate Ready, be prepared Back to the competition!

12. Ins and outs Details Advantage and disadvantage Inside and outside Back to the competition!

13. In the same boat Be friends In a similar situation Neighbor Back to the competition!

14. Over one’s head Can’t be understood, too hard Be experienced, know how to do something Very important person Back to the competition!

15. Put our heads together Discuss, share the ideas Can’t be understood, too hard Be friends Back to the competition!

16. Know the ropes Deal with difficult situation with courage Get information by asking an expert Be experienced, know how to do something Back to the competition!

17. Back on one’s feet To be back to the beginning To return to good financial situation To get up Back to the competition!

18. Pick the brains of Get information by asking an expert Buy something important Have a good friend Back to the competition!

19. All set Ready, prepared Make peace Not late Back to the competition!

20. Face the music Get information by asking an expert Deal with a difficult situation with courage Slightly chance, very little chance Back to the competition!

21. Give someone the cold shoulder Be friend Ignore, treat someone in an unfriendly way Help someone pay for something Back to the competition!

22. Ghost of a chance Confused Do something wrong Slightest chance, very little chance Back to the competition!

23. Give someone a piece of one’s mind Express one’s opinion frankly, and in a severe or angry wayExpress one’s opinion frankly, and in a severe or angry way Tell someone about a story Tell the lie Back to the competition!

24. Bury the hatchet Make peace Ruin everything Be quiet Back to the competition!

25. Big shot Very big chance Very important person Very important place Back to the competition!

26. Down and out Broke, no money Details Ruins one’s opportunity Back to the competition!

27. Cook one’s goose Disloyal, untrustworthy Ruin one’s opportunity Make dinner for someone Back to the competition!

28. Two-faced Disloyal, untrustworthy A twin Change his/her mind easily Back to the competition!

29. At sea Very wide Comfortable Confused Back to the competition!

30. Catch one’s eye Be attractive Look after someone Very angry at someone Back to the competition!

31. Beside the point Out of topic Be close to someone Moreover Back to the competition!

32. Great Job!! That’s right!! Keep your voter and get ready to the next idiom Back to the competition!

33. Sorry!! Wrong answer  You just lost one voter!! Try again Back to the competition!