Cover of the textbook Roadmap C1 - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Reading 8 for the textbook Roadmap C1 - Workbook with authors Lindsay Warwick from Pearson Education

Question

Find idiomatic expression in the article which mean these things. The paragraph number is in brackets.

Answer

  1. hustle and bustle
  2. in a rut
  3. dawned on me
  4. upped sticks
  5. jumping in with booth feet
  6. a wake-up call
  7. having green thumbs
  8. for posterity
  9. munching on
  10. steep learning curve