Matching Pairs B2U1 Lesson 3Online version Identify the idiom in the sentence and match the idiom with its correct meaning. Work with a partner and make a sentence with each idiom. by AMCO Aluzo 1 Please don't make waves. We're trying to settle all our problems. 2 The president says the country needs a breath of fresh air. 3 He felt like a fish out of water when he was transferred to another school. 4 I know we had an ugly argument, but it is all water under the bridge now. 5 Our projects will be dead in the water if we don't have a good plan. 6 Ted is still dreaming of becoming a famous singer. He's always chasing rainbows. 7 The college is in deep water because of his plans for tuition increases. 8 Don't add fuel to the fire by laughing at him. 9 Everybody in the company knows change is in the air. 10 The students are rather quiet now. But this is only the calm before the storm. something that is happening or about to happen when something has no chance of succeeding a prior issue that is now resolved or considered resolved a change that feels good to cause trouble to make a problem worse to be in serious trouble a person who is in an unnatural or uncomfortable sphere or situation an unusual or false quiet period before a period of upheaval trying to do something you will never achieve