📝 Created by: El Arby Ameur | 📅 August 2026 | 🌐 lesson.tn

📖 Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Word count: ~900 words

🗣️ Idioms Speaking Cards: Let Your Hair Down!

Level: B1-B2 | Activity Type: Pair work, Group discussion

Vocabulary Idioms idioms speaking cards

🎲 How to Play

Cut out the cards. Students take turns picking a card and answering the question using an idiom.

Idiom Practice

Have you ever spilled the beans about a secret?

Idiom Practice

What is something that costs an arm and a leg?

Idiom Practice

Do you prefer to plan everything or play it by ear?

Idiom Practice

When was the last time you felt under the weather?

Idiom Practice

What's something you do once in a blue moon?

Idiom Practice

Do you and your best friend always see eye to eye?

Idiom Practice

What's a piece of cake for you?

Idiom Practice

When do you need to hold your horses?

📌 Sample Answers

• "Yes, I once spilled the beans about a surprise birthday party."
• "A new iPhone costs an arm and a leg."
• "I usually play it by ear on weekends."
• "I felt under the weather last week with a cold."
• "I go to the cinema once in a blue moon."
• "We usually see eye to eye on most things."
• "Cooking pasta is a piece of cake for me."
• "I need to hold my horses when I'm waiting for exam results."
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