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Do you know these idioms with 'Get'?

Average: 3.7 (12 votes)
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 00:11 — Chris McCarthy

The following idioms and expressions use the verb 'get'. This word is, as you know, very common in English.

See how many of these you recognise. Anyone know them all?

Now, get on with it!!

 By Thomas Williams

Thomas Williams is a teacher at EC San Diego

Link: Irregular Verbs

  • 1. Stop bothering me! Why don’t you ___.




  • 2. My brother doesn't have to go to work tomorrow because he just ___.




  • 3. They don't know who did it, but they will ___ it.




  • 4. If he ever ___ what happened, your career will be over.




  • 5. It's getting late and we have a long trip ahead of us, so let's ___.




  • 6. Why is everyone so quiet? I need a volunteer. Who would like to ___?




  • 7. I know it's hard now, but after a few more tries, I think you'll ___ it.




  • 8. He wanted to ask his boss for a promotion, but he couldn't ___.




  • 9. I can't stand it when he leaves all the dishes in the sink. As a matter of fact, he really ___.




  • 10. If you don't ___, your going to fail all of your classes.








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Comments

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 06:16 — Serge

Hi. This lesson is very

Hi. This lesson is very good. Thank you.
In terms of last sentence maybe it must be like this: 'If you don't ___, you are going to fail all of your classes.'?

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 08:16 — ynastia

I knew only "get lost" and

I knew only "get lost" and "get under smb skin", the other I guessed and not successful Sad But now I can "extend" my vocabulary due to your lessons.

With best regards,
Anastasiya

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 08:44 — Yura

I DON'T KNOW THESES

I DON'T KNOW THESES IDIOMS!!! Worried And I think I never get on with them! Sad
But thank you for the lesson, I'll try to remember some of them Smile

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 08:55 — Natela

getting with it

It's do difficult to get wind of what happens sometimes... I need to pull myself together to get to the bottom of the problem.

Thanks for the lesson Smile

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 10:19 — iBurger

gets under my skin

Interesting that we use this expression when we really like and dislike someone.

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 12:51 — over

It's horrible. After years

It's horrible. After years of studing english you understand that you know nothing Smile

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 17:15 — olka20 (not verified)

hard and interesting lesson.

hard and interesting lesson. I had to use inernet to find out the meanings. As a result 9/10.May be there is some explanation here???

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 21:12 — samah2010

very hard exercise

this exercise tired me a lot honestly
but it is so nice

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 06:58 — altaf

absolutely at sea

I could manage to score only 6 in the quiz and it's my
lowest score.Most of them were retried and i got right
only by chance. Can Chris kind enough to explain me
how to chose the right idioms?

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 03:06 — venice

uhh

it't difficult to remember them

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 09:15 — zellint

managed to get 9/10 right,

managed to get 9/10 right, but almost was guessing.

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 20:11 — miffoo l

HI

It's difficult lesson I have 7/10, not bad Whew! Whew!

Fri, 08/14/2009 - 14:51 — Medina

Five wrong, five good!

Five wrong, five good! After the second try I paid more atttention and all were correct.
Thank you!

Tue, 08/25/2009 - 16:31 — Natalysmart

Nataly I don't know these

Nataly
I don't know these idioms, I tried to guess and only half of them correct but I hope I remember some

Mon, 09/07/2009 - 03:46 — bakri

Idiom like that my proplem

Idiom like that my proplem !!all Iwant to understand native speakers.

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 05:29 — leona romes

these idioms

these idioms are not easy to guess.
only the sentence number 9 i can do
thank to the song " here we go again" by Demi Lovato

"so how did you get here under my skin? i swore that i never let you back in"

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 17:58 — geofatma

hard lesson

i confused about these idioms and i don;t understand the meaning of most of them.
please help me.