A. Fill in the blanks with the words below butter, a hot potato, full of beans, cucumber, my cup of tea, spill the beans, have a sweet tooth, a piece of cake, a bad egg, crying over 1. He is _______(1) because he always lies to his friends. 2. Talking about politics can be like _______(2) topic at dinner. 3. Math homework is not always _______(3) for me. 4. After the test, she was as cool as a _______(4) in front of everyone. 5. Stop _______(5)spilt milk and move on from your mistakes. 6. My little brother is always _______ morning. 7. Reading mystery novels is _______ weekends. 8. I need to _______ parents. 9. She knows how to _______(9)someone up before asking for a favor. 10. I _______(10) and love eating chocolate after dinner.

Решение:

• 1. He is a bad egg (1) because he always lies to his friends.
• 2. Talking about politics can be like my cup of tea (2) topic at dinner.
• 3. Math homework is not always a piece of cake (3) for me.
• 4. After the test, she was as cool as a cucumber (4) in front of everyone.
• 5. Stop crying over (5) spilt milk and move on from your mistakes.
• 6. My little brother is always early in the morning.
• 7. Reading mystery novels is full of beans (7) on lazy weekends.
• 8. I need to butter (8) about my school project to my parents.
• 9. She knows how to have a sweet tooth (9) someone up before asking for a favor.
• 10. I spill the beans (10) and love eating chocolate after dinner.

Ответ: 1. a bad egg; 2. my cup of tea; 3. a piece of cake; 4. cucumber; 5. crying over; 6. early in the morning; 7. full of beans; 8. butter; 9. have a sweet tooth; 10. spill the beans.