Sunday, February 14, 2010

Colloquial expressions

A) Apparently, they're having a whale of a on holiday and are thinking of staying for a few days longer.

B) The team are all planning to go out and paint the red after winning the competition.

C) You should let your hair once in a while instead of working long hours every day.

Complete each of the empty spaces with one (different) word so as to complete the meaning of those three colloquial expressions. Then, explain their meaning! One medal for the first to come up with all the correct answers!

2 comments:

Ana Beatriz said...

let's see...
A)time
B)town
C)down

to have a whale of a time probably means to have a great time, a lot of fun.
to paint the town red => to go out to celebrate, and probably drink a lot.
to let your hair down => to relax and have some fun.

ok?

Levi Ramos said...

Absolutely correct!
here's one more medal for you, Ana!
You're on fire!