30. Fit one of the “cat” idioms in each of these situations. 1. My friend Alex loves football. He often watches it on TV. But his dream had always been to watch a final match of his favourite team at the stadium. So when his father brought home two tickets for such a match, Alex looked … . 2. My grandmother often says, “...,” when I don’t tell her something she expects me to say. I don’t mind because I know that it’s a joke. 3. My Mum often told me that I should be very careful with her favourite Chinese vase. Yesterday playing with my little brother I broke it. You can imagine that I felt … when Mum returned home from work. 4. This morning, when we were having an English lesson, our teacher had to leave the classroom to answer a phone call. Some of the boys and girls at once started shouting at the top of their voices and fooling around. When the teacher came back to the classroom, she said, “Oh, well, … .” 5. When my best friend Helen told me that her parents wanted to move to a new flat and that Helen would have to change her school, she asked me to keep it a secret and I promised not to … . 6. Andrew and Peter are cousins but they fight … . They never agree with each other and if one of them says yes, the other says no. We all hope that they’ll grow out of it. 7. When my father tries to tell me that I should be careful not to make people angry, he usually says, “…, son.” I think I understand what he means.

Перевод задания: Вставьте в каждую ситуацию одну из идиом со словом «cat» («кошка»).

1. Alex looked over the moon (был на седьмом небе от счастья): он был очень рад билетам.
2. “Has the cat got your tongue?” (Куда ты язык проглотил?) — шутливый вопрос человеку, который молчит.
3. I felt like a cat on hot bricks (как на иголках): герой переживал из-за разбитой вазы.
4. “When the cat’s away, the mice will play” (Когда кошки нет, мыши резвятся): ученики шумели, пока учителя не было.
5. I promised not to let the cat out of the bag (выдать секрет).
6. They fight like cat and dog (собачатся, постоянно ссорятся).
7. “Don’t put the cat among the pigeons, son” (Не провоцируй переполох, сынок): так говорят о действиях, которые могут вызвать раздражение или неприятности.

Вставки определяются по смыслу каждой ситуации и значению идиом.