USAGE: IDIOMS WITH "HOUSE"
Complete the idiomatic phrases.
1. Everyone knows who they are. They are household names.
2. She is always cleaning and polishing. She is very house-proud.
3. That painting is ugly. I wouldn't give it house-room.
4. That dog is not house-trained, so it had better stay in the garden.
5. We're moving, and you must come to the house-warming party at our new place.
6. It is a very popular product, and sells like a house on fire.
7. He is a dreamer and most of his plans collapse like a house of cards.
8. It is not very often you will get a drink on the house in a Scottish pub.
9. They are very sociable and at the weekend more or less keep open house.
10. Systems in the office are not as efficient as they ought to be. It is time to put our house in order.
©English Teaching Systems November 2000
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