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Idioms

Match the idioms with their meanings.
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to have something up my sleeveto plan a surprise
to be in the same boatto have the same problem as someone else
to get the pictureto understand
to be up in the airto be undecided about what to do
to stick your neck outto take a risk; to take a chance
to bite off more than you can chewto try to do more than you can
to have a lump in your throatto feel a strong emotion
to pull someone's legto fool or trick someone
to foot the billto pay for the whole bill
to get cold feetto get scared about doing something important
to lose faceto lose the respect of others
to have nothing to loseto be in a situation in which you can try something because things cannot get worse
to go off the deep endto suddenly become angry or violent
to make up your mindto decide; to make a decision
to change your mindto change a decision or opinion about something
to drop someone/somebody a lineto write a note or a letter to someone
to stand in lineto stand in a row of people who are waiting for something
to read between the linesto guess what someone really means even though his/her words don't show it
to make the most ofto get the most advantage from a situation
make the best ofto accept a bad situation and do what you can to make it better
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