Question

Question 10 (Matching Worth 4 points) (05.07 MC) Read and match each sentence with its correct idiomatic expression. Match Term Definition After a long tour, the friends were very hungry, so they went to a restaurant and ate a lot. A) Ponerse morado At the amusement parks, I was always scared of most rides and never wanted to go on any. B) Ser un gallina Patricia spots the stars and planets right away when she goes outside at night. C) Tener vista de lince When the tour guide told my aunt that the tour was sold out, she became angry. D) Ponerse de mala leche

Answer 1

Answer:

I showed Cristina the map, but she could not see the landmarks clearly.

  D) No ver tres en un burro

    (very similar to the english expression “blind as a bat”)

The subway system in Madrid was very easy for us to figure out.

 B) Ser pan comido  

  (so in english you say that something is “a peace of cake” and in Spanish you would say “ser pan comido”)

We wanted to continue enjoying ourselves at the amusement park, but we had run out of money!

   A) Estar sin blanca

   (if a person is“sin blanca” (without any blanca) it means that they have no money at all. if that makes sense?)

When we entered the prehistoric underground cavern, we were all stunned and shocked!

  C) Quedarse de piedra

    (literally means “to stay like a stone“, so it could be translated as “to be stunned“.)

Answer 2

Answer:

1. A

2. B

3. D

4. C

Explanation:

(in that order)