Matching Pairs IDIOMS 1Online version idioms by Julia Colino Alonso 1 bolt from the blue 2 splash out 3 a pound shop 4 shop around 5 heat is on 6 I can't afford it 7 once in a blue moon 8 it's a bit pricey 9 be your one-stop shop 10 fair-weather friend 11 it's a steal 12 come rain or shine 13 on cloud nine 14 it's a rip-off 15 freeze someone out 16 cloud on the horizon 17 it costs an arm and a leg / it cost a fortune 18 break the bank 19 shopper's paradise 20 buy a lemon 21 heavens open 22 window shopping 23 pay through the nose 24 bargain hunting 25 cloud cuckoo land 26 shopping spree 27 it's a bargain 28 turn on/up the heat is a bit expensive. Said when an article is well below the usual price. you enjoy a lively outing, usually with much spending of money. you visit a number of shops selling similar articles in order to compare the prices. you pay an unreasonably high price or an excessive amount of money for something If you deliberately isolate someone or prevent them from participating in a social or business activity by treating them unfairly or harshly A problem or difficulty that is predictable, or seems likely to arise in the future Someone who acts as a friend when times are good, and is not there when you are in trouble, means that something is so cheap that it’s almost as if you haven't paid anything for it. This expression refers to an imaginary unrealistic place where everything is perfect and impossible things can happen. you don't have enough money to buy it. If you spend time in the shops looking for items to buy at the lowest price, you go ... it suddenly starts to rain heavily. Your one-stop shop is a location at which you can buy everything you need or want. means that it happened totally unexpectedly. If something occurs ..., it happens very rarely. If you do something ... you do it whatever happens, no matter what the weather or other circumstances may be. means to spend or lose all your money, or to buy something that costs more than you can afford. A shop where goods are sold at a low price it is very expensive indeed. When people go ... , they look at things in shop windows, without actually purchasing anything. If you ... on something, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money. A place where a large selection of items are available for sale A person who is ... is very happy because something wonderful has happened. If you ... on a person or organisation, you put pressure on them in order to obtain what you want. means that you are under a lot of pressure to get something done, usually within a time limit. Something that costs much more than it should If buy something, especially a car, that is defective, unsatisfactory, constantly gives trouble or stops running after a short time
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