Практическая по Phraseological Units

№ 1. Replace the italicized words by the corresponding phraseological units. Classify the phraseological units according to the function they perform in the sentence.

the stronger sex, to get smb's drift, as cool as a cucumber, blood and thunder, in two ticks, as green as grass, by leaps and bounds, to get out of hand, the apple of discord, all at sea, to join hands, to hold one's horses, hot under the collar, the upper crust, out of a blue sky

1. She was naive when she was sixteen but other girls in the typing pool taught her the ways of the world. 2. The girls had got on well together until the rivalry in the person of a handsome young apprentice appeared in their midst. 3. I understand you now, I think. If you mean by 'integrity' what I would call 'consistency' then we've been arguing at cross-purposes. 4. We must unite with our friends in Europe. 5. She dropped upon me unexpectedly and began asking questions which I had to answer. 6. I thought there would have been protestations and tears when I told her I wanted to move out of the flat, but no, she stayed calm. 7. When his son was in Paris, the boy ill-behaved and caused many difficulties. 8. He got very angry when I suggested that he might be mistaken. 9. After listening a few minutes to their conversation, I was bewildered. Botany is not my subject. 10. There were at least six murders in that violent story. 11. Joan belongs to the aristocracy; you can tell by the way she walks and talks. 12. Publishers are well aware that rumours of possible prosecution of a book are likely to send the scales up rapidly. 13. All the people involved in the Commonwealth Architects' competition were told to wait - because time would be needed to organize an exhibition in which the entries could be put on show. 14. You should not exaggerate her attraction for men. 15. I don't like to hear people sneering at positions and titles they'd have accepted immediately if they'd got the offer.

№ 2. Classify the italicized phraseological units into: 1) phraseological fusions; 2) phraseological unities; 3) phraseological collocations.

1. You can't keep a secret - you see no reason why you shouldn't spill the beans. 2. 'It's hard on Robert, of course,' Ned went on; he was trying to ignore the red herring and get on with the story. 3. Well, let's admit there were mistakes on both sides; we'll bury the past and try to make a fresh start. 4. He produced a huge silver case containing what looked at first sight like small cheap cigars. 5. But other than dining out, which I like, I'm a home bird. I'm not one for a big social whirl. 6. The boy is quite impossible. From now on I wash my hands of him. 7. 'Can I go with you to this party.' 'We shall only be talking business. You wouldn't be interested.' 8. Billy's been such a good boy, Mrs Smith — never once got out of bed and took his medicine like a lamb. 9. I ran to my father, waving the magazine and shouting. 'This is my home, look.' Dad fairly blew his top. He told me not to be silly; that it was a building called a temple, in a country called Egypt and that I had never been there. 10. In the face of stiff competition from rival firms we had to fight fire with fire and slash our prices. 11. The grey colour is in fashion in this season. 12.I've been working my fingers to the bone to get the dress ready in time for the wedding. 13. I don't believe he is a man to commit murder. 15. I'll be hanging up my boots next year. I think I deserve a rest after running the business for thirty years.

№ 3. Analyze the meaning of the given phraseological units. Group them into: 1) native; 2) borrowed phraseological units. State the sources of their origin. If in doubt consult dictionaries.

1) to hang up one's boot - 'retire'; 2) to bury the hatchet - 'to come to friendly or peaceful terms with somebody else, usually in arguments, disagreements'; 3) a sacred cow - 'somebody/something that is greatly respected and revered, esp. by a particular nation or group, so that attack or criticism is not tolerated'; 4) a whipping boy - 'a person who is blamed or punished for the faults or incompetence of others'; 5) an ugly duckling - 'a plain, unprepossessing child born less attractive than his brothers and sisters who later surpasses them, grows into a beautiful person'; 6) of the same leaven/batch - 'about persons who have very much in common, who are very similar in their way of life, behaviour, views, etc.'; 7) the law of the jungle - 'self-preservation, the survival of the strongest, or more unscrupulous'; 8) an apple of discord - '(somebody or something that is) a cause of dispute, argument or rivalry'; 9) to hide one's head in the sand - 'willfully to close one's eyes to danger, to refuse to face reality'; 10) a blue stocking - 'an intellectual or literary woman'; 11) the hot seat - 'the position of a person who carries full responsibility for something, including facing criticism or being answerable for decisions or actions'; 12) a drop in the bucket/ocean - 'something of inconsiderable value, importance, esp. as compared with something larger in total or in kind'; 13) pig in the middle - 'a person, or a group in a helpless position between, or made use of by, others'; 14) blue blood - 'a person of noble birth'; 15) a blue coat - 'a student at a charity school'; 16) to die with one's boots on - 'to die while still at work'; 17) to fiddle while Rome burns - 'behave frivolously in a situation that calls for concern or corrective action'; 18) penny wise and pound foolish - 'careful and economical in small matters while being wasteful or extravagant in large ones'; 19) the iron curtain - 'the notional barrier between people, nations, countries, etc. leading to the political, economical, etc. isolation'; 20) the Russian soul - 'a vague, unfulfilled yearning for a better, spiritual life which would bring consolation and relief to the suffering masses'; 21) to run the gauntlet - 'to submit to a punishing ordeal'.

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