70. See if you can guess the real meanings of these idioms and match the idioms with the phrases explaining them. 1) A fat cat. 2) To let the cat out of the bag. 3) Like cat and dog. 4) Like a cat on hot bricks (on a hot tin roof). 5) Like the cat that got the cream. 6) Put the cat among the pigeons. 7) While the cat is away, the mice will play. 8) Has the cat got your tongue? a) Very pleased about something. b) To do something that makes people angry. c) Lost your tongue? d) When their boss is away, people often behave badly. e) In a nervous or excited way. f) Fighting badly. g) Somebody rich and powerful. h) To tell people a secret.

Перевод задания: Попробуйте догадаться о настоящем значении этих идиом и соотнесите идиомы с объясняющими их фразами.

1. g) A fat cat — somebody rich and powerful (богатый и влиятельный человек).
2. h) To let the cat out of the bag — to tell people a secret (выдать секрет).
3. f) Like cat and dog — fighting badly (сильно ссориться, жить как кошка с собакой).
4. e) Like a cat on hot bricks (on a hot tin roof) — in a nervous or excited way (нервничая или сильно волнуясь).
5. a) Like the cat that got the cream — very pleased about something (очень довольный чем-либо).
6. b) Put the cat among the pigeons — to do something that makes people angry (сделать что-либо, что рассердит людей).
7. d) While the cat is away, the mice will play — when their boss is away, people often behave badly (когда начальника нет, люди часто ведут себя плохо).
8. c) Has the cat got your tongue? — Lost your tongue? (Язык проглотил? Почему молчишь?)