GLOSSARY PAIRS

Insert the nouns in the appropriate phrases.

bobs chalk death dribs gloom
life nail parcel kith vim
rack span thumbs touch tucker
1. He won't be of use to us, for sure. He is all fingers and ...................... when doing any housework is the
case.
2. Although they are brothers, they are as different as ............... and cheese.
3. Joshua insists on changing the timetable as if it were a matter of life and................................. to him.
4. We kept fighting tooth and............................... for our rights, however the management remained
relentless.
5. Since the previous owners were forced to move out, the mansion has gone to ............................... and
ruin.
6. Reporting on your every decision to the boss is part and......................... of the job, so you'd better get
used to it.
7. It was Martin's brilliant sense of humour that livened up the party. The boy was the ................................
and soul of it.
8. His intentions are usually hard to guess. I think it's .......................... and go whether he'll agree to the
proposal.
9. Jacob keeps his house clean like nobody else I know. He does the hovering and dusting almost every
day. He likes his house to be spick and .................................. .
10. Don't touch the box. There are all my fishing bits and.............................. in it and I would not like to
lose anything of that.
11. The letters he would write were full of doom and ...................................... .
We still do not know what made him so depressed.
12. I know these people. They're my ................................... and kin. We come from the same place.
13. The football fans were coming in ................................. and drabs to watch the final game. An hour
before the kickoff the stadium was packed full.
14. My granny is almost ninety, but she's still full of ....................... and vigor.
15. 'l like the suit you're wearing, Arnold.'
'Thank you, Jane. It's my best bib and .................................., actually.'
Answers
1. thumbs 2. Chalk 3. Death 4. Nail 5. Rack 6. Parcel 7. Life 8. Touch 9. Span
10. bobs
11. gloom 12. Kith 13. Dribs 14. Vim 15. tucker
Answers
(sb's) best bib and tucker - someone's best clothes /torn on spec/a.' occasions
bits and bobs - small things of various lends
(be) as different as chalk and cheese - completely different from each other
doom and gloom - pessimism or a feeling of loss of all hops
(in) dribs and drabs - in small amounts or numbers
(be all) fingers and thumbs - be clumsy or unable to told things in one's hands
(sb's) kith and kin - family, relatives or friends
(be a matter of) life and death (to sb) - be a matter of great importance
(be) life and soul (of the party) - be very cheerful, sociable and enthusiastic
(be) part and parcel of sth - an inseparable part of something
(go to) rack and ruin - get into very bad condition (ruin)because of bad care
spick and spar - clean, neat, tidy
(fight) tooth and nail (for sth) - fight with great determination
(be full of) vim and vigour - be full of life and energy