Task 2. Complete the
sentences with the idioms below. For each correct answer you will get two
points.1. Stand back and look at the whole situation. You can’t пустоsee the wood for the trees .(can’t get a general picture because you are confused by the detail)2. This project has been пустоan uphill struggle all the way.(a hard job without breaks)3. There is no point in your coming out with us. We’ll only be пустоtalking shop .(discussing work)4. I am not going to be difficult about this. I’ll just пустоgo with the flow .(accept what everyone else has agreed)5. As a manager, you should make the big decisions. Don’t пустоget bogged down in the detail.(become too involved)6. We get a lot of Americans coming to Ireland to пустоfind (your) roots .(get informed about their ancestors)7. A million dollars may sound like a lot of money, but it’s пустоa drop in the ocean in this situation.(an insignificant amount)8. Everyone will forget about this in no time. It’s just пустоa storm in a teacup .(crisis which looks big, but is only a small issue)9. I can assure you that this government will not be пустоblown off course by this little piece of scandal.(forced to change direction)10. The party became a bit self-satisfied after its пустоlandslide victory in the general election.(very decisive win)11. After that advert which showed a rabbit smoking a cigarette, there was пустоa huge outcry .(a huge number of negative reactions)12. It all seems OK now, but I fear that this is just пустоthe calm before the storm .(the quiet time which precedes a serious crisis)13. Why should I look on the bright side? I’ve just been пусто(be) given the sack .(dismissed from my job)