Unit Vocabulary

Exercise. Idioms.


Match the definitions with the idioms.

1.An event such as flood, lightning or an earthquake that’s produced by natural forces , and that people have no control over

1. 
   An act of God
   
2. 
   Come rain and shine
   
3. 
   Down on your luck
   
4. 
   Draw the short straw
   

2.Used when you have said that you have had good luck in order to prevent bad luck from happening to you

1. 
   Touch wood
   
2. 
   Out of the blue
   
3. 
   No rhyme or reason
   
4. 
   Have green fingers
   

3. Having a long period of difficulty finding work and earning money

1. 
   Let nature take its course
   
2. 
   Down on your luck
   
3. 
   Touch wood
   
4. 
   An act of God
   

4.Be good at growing plants

1. 
   Draw the short straw
   
2. 
   Have green fingers
   
3. 
   The luck of the draw
   
4. 
   Come rain and shine
   

5.Allow something to develop without trying to influence it

1. 
   No rhyme or reason
   
2. 
   Out of the blue
   
3. 
   Let the nature take its course
   
4. 
   Down on your luck