2.2 Which idioms do the given pictures make you think of?

2.3 Complete each idiom in the following sentences.

1. You should try that café’s numerous healthy and delicious menu items to get ………….. pleasure.

2. Ben enjoyed a delicious lunch of seafood, extremely tasty pizza and artfully designed fruit dish to ………….. content.

3. A muscle-soothing massage, a calming manicure and pedicure went ………….. treat.

4. We ………….. jollies by dancing the night away, listening to jazz music and singing our hearts out at Karaoke.

5. The festival, featuring 200 productions ranging from dramas to musical extravaganzas to kids shows, was ………….. treat.

6. Jack and Alice made ………….. at the well known as Berlin’s best party bar.

7. Bill was ………….. Punch at the Hard Rock night club.

8. Everybody loves being in his company. ………….. gladness seldom falls ……………

2.4 Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets.

1. Troy was very glad to live in close proximity to the beach. (JOLLY)

2. Enjoying herself in the heart of Chinatown, Jessie forgot that her friends had been waiting for her in the Art Gallery. (JOY)

3. Ron was in a good mood that day. That’s why he didn’t notice how his home football team lost the match. (ALT)

4. It’s a pity we can’t have a picnic today because of rain. But, cheer up, I’ve rented a DVD with Dirty Dancing. (SIDE)

5. My life is not as easy as many think it is. I work 9 to 5, don’t earn much, study in the evening to get a degree – haven’t got a minute for myself. (ROSES)

6. Please do me a favor and help me with these heavy bags. (HEART)

7. You’d better go to your grandmother’s with Henry. He is a decent and good-natured guy; your trip won’t be long and tiresome. (ROAD)

2.5 The words ’jolly’ and ’joy’ are used in many different combinations. Find at least four of them in a dictionary and explain their meaning. Provide proper translation and make up sentences of your own. See the example below.

Example: Jolly Roger is a pirate’s flag with a white skull and crossbones on a black background.

The 18^>th century pirates roamed the seas and attacked merchant ships to steal their goods and treasure.

A joyrider is a person who steals cars in order to drive around in them at high speed.

My mother doesn’t want me to be friends with Kevin and says he has a negative influence on me because he’s a joyrider.

2.6 Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.

2.7 Correct the mistakes in these idioms.

1. Mandy got each conceivable pleasure at the shop retailing women’s clothing, shoes, and accessories created by cutting edge designers.

2. The arts gallery housing all handwork silk embroidery picture and oil painting did my soul good.

3. Chris is always looking for some drawbacks in people as well as in himself. He who is ill to himself will be good to nobody.

4. When my pen ran out of ink, Andrew’s spare one was down a treat.

5. I left my homework at home, didn’t manage to catch the school bus, had to walk in a heavy rain, but, looking on the light side of things, I got an A for my essay.

6. Next month William is going to visit his grandparents he hasn’t seen for ages. The boy is as please as Punch.

2.8 Give appropriate and full answers to the following questions.

1. Do you believe that joy shared is joy doubled? Why?

2. Have you ever been in alt all day long? What was the reason for joy?

3. How do young people get their jollies in your town/ city?

4. Can flattery make you quite out of breath for joy?

5. What should happen to make a poor man’s life a bed of roses?

6. Would you be bursting with joy if you won or lost something?