Matching Pairs IdiomsOnline version Match the idiom with the correct explanation. by Sofía Barreto 1 No pain, no gain 2 Pull someone's leg 3 Break a leg. 4 Taste of your own medicine 5 Once in a blue moon. 6 Steal someone's thunder 7 A penny for your thoughts. 8 Beat around the bush. 9 Speak of the devil! 10 It takes one to know one. 11 At the drop of a hat. 12 Cross that bridge when you come to it. This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives. A way of asking what someone is thinking. Without any hesitation; instantly. You're just as bad as I am Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before. To take the credit for something someone else did. Means that something happens to you, or is done to you, that you have done to someone else. You have to work for what you want Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable To joke with someone. Happens very rarely. Good luck!