1. Construct sentences based on the idiomatic expressions given.

1) After my mother has sold the house, my greedy brother quickly takes the lions share of the money earned. 2) Nobody asks Neman for a help as everybody knows that he is a bull in a China shop.

3) Yesterday, Almas money had been stolen by someone. Today, the discipline teacher is investigating about this matter. Everybody is looking suspiciously at Lee Men Jib as he seems to have butterflies in his stomach. 4) Lim Kee Teng is a bee in the bonnet as he always talks nonsense without thinking the necessity of saying that . 5) My sister scolded me as I let the cat out of the bag by telling mom that she had a boyfriend. 6) Jamil is on cloud nine as he passes with flying colours for the PMR Examination. This achievement makes his family proud of him. 7) Out of the blue, when the bus turned the corner, it collided with a van. All the passengers in both vehicles died as a result of the drivers negligence. 8) My mother has green fingers as she is good in gardening. 9) Everybody says that Jiji is a kind-hearted girl but actually they are wrong as she hasnt shown her true colours. 10) He is a black sheep in the family as he has the worst job among his siblings which is a drug dealer. Everbody in the family hates him as he tarnishes the image of the family. 11) I eat like a bird as I dont have enough money. 12) We spend a slice of the cake by going on a vacation to Penang. 13) Now, he is in a pickle as he failed in the PMR Examination. 14) He is not the teachers cup of tea because he has never finished the task given by the teacher.

15) The task given by the teacher is a cup of tea for him as he always gets 100 marks for the subject. 16) My grandmother has a sweet tooth as she always eats chocolates and sweets. 17) The restaurant is full of people as the delicacies offered there is mouth watering and scrumptious. 18) Everybody hates Alex as he always promises us to foot the bill but at last he breaks his promise and says that he is dead broke. 19) The student is being rude as he turns a deaf ear when the teacher is asking him about the question. 20) Mr. Aloysius is weak at the knees now as his wife died last month. 21) Life is a bed of roses for him as he always gets whatever he wants from his parent. 22) She is not a shrinking violet as she always ready to speak up for herself. 23) His efforts finally bear fruit as he gets 8 As for his PMR examination. 24) After months of quarreling we at last sent our parent an apology card as an olive branch. 25) Alice is determined to turn over a new leaf as she fails her PMR examination. 26) The organizers had to call off the football match as it was raining cats and dogs. 27) Mr. Gurjit didnt attend the meeting yesterday as he was under the weather. 28) Nobody likes Lee Kin Meng as he always steals someones thunder impress the manager. 29) Emily is scolded by the teacher as she always finishes her homework at the eleventh hour. 30) I always catch forty winks in the evening as I am so tired.

31) My sister forgot to fold the clothes, so now she has to face the music. 32) He is really exhausted he burns the candles at both ends. 33)