4. As Ivan was sick, his mother didn’t let him go to the theatre with the rest of the class. That’s why he felt ……… dumps.
5. Family occasions and holidays in general made her ………… heart as she had no relatives and was an orphan.
6. Extracurricular activities were a ………….. bore for Jack because he didn’t like spending extra time at school.
7. The process of studying turned out to be very demanding. And Bob was ………….. himself for having taken up violin classes.
3.4 Replace the underlined part of each sentence with an idiom.
1. By her face Paul understood his present was not to her taste.
2. A piece of bad news upset Rose very much.
3. Ron is depressed because the weather’s changing all the time.
4. I don’t want to invite Boris to my birthday party. He’ll ruin all the fun as he’s always unhappy.
5. Mary didn’t like Michael’s look. He told her he was ill.
6. When Laura was on her way to school, she saw her classmate who was the color of a rain cloud. It crossed her mind that something unfortunate had happened to him.
3.5 Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.
3.6 Correct the mistakes in these idioms.
1. At breakfast I broke my tooth, at lunch I choked, and in the evening I was late for the meeting. All in all, I had a bad hair do.
2. No wonder Tom was black as cloud yesterday; he crashed his dad’s car.
3. I don’t know why, but, every time I share my troubles with my friend, I feel better – misery likes company.
4. Susan is not in mood to talk because she’s just quarreled with her boyfriend.
5. When Peter is down into the dumps, you’d better not bother him.
6. She’s always out of sots on the eve of her birthday.
3.7 Give appropriate and full answers to the following questions.
1. Can you guess when a person is in low spirits? How?
2. What kind of situation is not the end of this world?
3. Under what circumstances do people lose heart?
4. Are there any people who get the blues because of the weather?
5. Which month of the year can put a damper on skiing and snowboarding?
6. Would a piece of bad advice or a piece of good advice knock you for six?
7. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, doesn’t it? Why?
8. Does playing volleyball or dusting the furniture hold no pleasure for you?
9. Will you make a wry face if you hear a sick joke? Why?
10. It is more pain to do nothing than something, isn’t it? Why/ why not?
3.8 Fill in the gaps with the information about you and your environment.
1. It’s sour grapes when ………… say (s) that something isn’t good, but it really is.
2. ………………………….…………….…… is a real misery guts.
3. ……………. kick (s) ……………. for having …………………………
4. When ……………. am (is/are) out of humor, …………….………..
5. ……………. just grin (s) and bear (s) it if ………………. can’t change anything.
6. It’s a frightful bore to ………………………….… for ………………
7. ……………………………… believes that misery loves company.
3.9 Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Что случилось? Ты мрачнее тучи.
2. Наконец-то, Вова получил пятерку, но потерял дневник. За радостью горе по пятам ходит.
3. Вчера Мария не спала всю ночь, поэтому сегодня она не в настроении идти на дискотеку.
4. Извини, что не написал тебе раньше. Мне нездоровилось.
5. Все сегодня идет не так: утром проспала и опоздала на работу, днем поругалась с начальником.
6. Хотя я живу бедно и одеваюсь не по моде, но я выиграю этот грант на обучение за рубежом. Лучше пусть все завидуют, чем жалеют.
7. Я была в подавленном настроении, потому что моя учительница сказала, что моя контрольная работа – это что-то с чем-то.
8. Когда Диана видит, что Том работает без энтузиазма над их общим проектом, у нее руки опускаются.
9. Андрей хандрит уже вторую неделю подряд.
10. Его неуместные шутки отбили у меня всякую охоту выходить с ним куда бы то ни было.
11. Билли – бездельник и постоянно твердит, что скучен его день до вечера, коли делать нечего.
12. Помогать бездомным животным ему было не в радость.
13. Перестань плакать, у тебя будет еще много предложений работы. Это не конец света.
3.10 Write a letter to your pen-friend of about 150 words describing some sad event or situation of yours. Find a proper place for at least 3 idioms.
Unit 4 POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Guess Russian equivalents of the idioms by the pictures given
Other useful idioms and their explanation
Down-to-earth – with no illusions; practical and realistic
Like gold dust –