Quiz no. 898 (IDIOMS10)

⚪⚪ Options:
A. Various things of different types, usually small and not important, or of little value
B. A weak point
C. Not in usual form
D. Out of trouble
E. Flattering words
F. One's liking
G. To be unwell
H. About to collapse
I. Inseparable part
J. To blame each other
K. To take revenge
L. To pay dearly
M. To say that you agree with something but do nothing to support it
N. Tit for tat
O. Allowance given to housewife for personal use
P. Great confusion
Q. To behave in a deceitful, immoral, or irresponsible way
R. To be less important or in a weaker position than someone else
S. To be absent from duty without permission
T. To squander money
U. Futile labour
V. To pacify the matters
W. To look sad
X. To make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough
Y. To exercise influence secretly

🟢🟢 Fill in:
1. Pull one's socks up- ...........
2. Pull strings- ...........
3. One's Achilles heel- ...........
4. Oily tongue- ...........
5. Play ducks and drakes- ...........
6. Plough the sands- ...........
7. On its last legs- ...........
8. Part and parcel- ...........
9. Pass the buck- ...........
10. One's cup of tea- ...........
11. Out of sorts- ...........
12. Pay off old scores- ...........
13. Pay through one's nose- ...........
14. Off colour- ...........
15. Pay lip service- ...........
16. Pay one back in the same coin- ...........
17. Pin-money- ...........
18. Pell-mell- ...........
19. Pour oil on troubled waters- ...........
20. Odds and ends- ...........
21. Off the hook- ...........
22. Pull a long face- ...........
23. Play fast and loose- ...........
24. Play second fiddle to- ...........
25. Play truant- ...........

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