Reptiles, Fish and Insects Idioms Exercise at Auto-English

A Translate the idioms.

Idiom

Translation
To have a bee in your bonnet ...........................................................
To cry crocodile tears ...........................................................
As slippery as an eel ...........................................................
A snake in the grass ...........................................................

B Circle the correct answer. 

1 A: Rosie wasn't really sad about David's divorce from Clare.
  B: Yeah. She ______________.
A cried crocodile tears
B had a bee in her bonnet
C she's a snake in the grass
5 A: What's up with Pete? He seems upset.
  B: Yes. He's definitely ______________.
A got a flea in his ear
B a snake in the grass
C as slippery as an eel 
2 A: The boss is in a very strange mood this morning.
  B: I know. She's ______________.
A being as slippery as an eel
B got a bee in her bonnet
C being a snake in the grass
6 A: Nobody seemed very sad at the funeral.
  B:
   I know. I saw more than a few ______________.
A bees in people's bonnets
B fleas in people's  ears
C crocodile tears
3 A: I don't trust that new guy in the office.
  B: Me neither. I think he ______________.
A cries crocodile tears
B has a flea in his ear
C is a snake in the grass
7 A: When I asked Nigel about last night he avoided my questions.
  B: Yes. He's ______________.
A as slippery as an eel
B got a flea in his ear
C
C a snake in the grass
4 A: Shaun never gives me a straight answer.
  B:  I know. He ______________.
A is a snake in the grass
B has a flea in his ear
C is as slippery as an eel
8 A: What do think of Catherine?
  B: Uuf! I don't trust her at all. In my opinion, she's ______________.
A got a bee in her bonnet
B as slippery as an eel
C a snake in the grass
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