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Check out our Idioms. Then select the correct missing words:

1. To do something bad to yourself so that you hurt or cause a problem for somebody else - Cut off your nose to spite your __________.
   • mouth
   • face
   • head
   Cut off your nose to spite your face.
2. To express surprise or disbelief at something. - I'll be a monkey's __________.
   • father
   • brother
   • uncle
   I'll be a monkey's uncle.
   
3. To be very, very close to winning something but not quite successful. - Close but no __________.
   • cigar
   • champagne
   • caviar
   Close but no cigar.
   
4. To make a new start - Turn over a new __________.
   • book
   • leaf
   • life
   Turn over a new leaf.
   
5. A person accusing someone of doing something is as likely or more likely to do the same thing - The pot calling the __________ black.
   • oven
   • saucepan
   • kettle
   The pot calling the kettle black.
6. To be a hard worker, eager to do your best - An eager __________.
   
   • mosquito
   • sheepdog
   • beaver
   An eager beaver.
   
7. Something is selling very quickly  - Selling like hot __________.
   
   • cakes
   • potatoes
   • dogs
   Selling like hot cakes.
8. To tell someone to be quiet - Put a __________ in it.
   • mouse
   • banana
   • sock
   Put a sock in it.
9. Something is making us suspicious or somebody is being dishonest - Smells a bit __________.
   • cows
   • fishy
   • dogs
   Smells a bit fishy.
   
10. Someone looks harmless but they are actually very dangerous - Wolf in __________ clothing.
    • puppy's
    • rabbit's
    • sheep's
    Wolf in sheep's clothing.