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John Millen

If someone says to you 'Watch your mouth!', they are not asking you to stand in front of the mirror and look at your mouth. They are warning you that you have said something bad and should not say it again. Let's have a look at some more 'mouth' words and phrases
Down in the mouth
Do you know the meaning of the following?
1. to be mouth-watering
a) to look very delicious
b) to taste dreadful
2. to mouth off about something
a) to eat a lot of food
b) to express your opinion about something very loudly without stopping
3. to be born with a silver spoon in his/her mouth
a) to be born at Christmas
b) to be born into a very rich family
4. to put your money where your mouth is
a) to spend a lot of money on yourself
b) to actually do something instead of always talking about it
5. to be down in the mouth
a) to feel or look very sad
b) to feel very hungry
6. to put words in somebody's mouth
a) to suggest that someone means one thing when they really mean something else
b) to read a story aloud to someone
7. to take the words out of somebody's mouth
a) to repeat what someone has just said
b) to say something that someone else was just about to say
8. to keep your mouth shut
a) to refuse to eat something you don't like
b) to keep something you have just been told  a secret
Match the meanings
These sentences have been taken out of conversations. Can you match them up with what they mean?
1. Don't believe what Kent tells you. He's all mouth.
a) he always eats a lot of food
b) he talks a lot about doing things but never does them
2. You will be laughing on the other side of your face when
dad finds out what you've done.
a) you are happy now but you won't be happy later
b) you will be very pleased
3. I heard the news straight from the horse's mouth.
a) from a relative who knows the culprit
b) from the person who is personally involved and knows all about it
4. Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth!
a) she looks as if she will get angry very soon
b) she looks as if she would never do anything wrong, but you feel she might
5. My heart was in my mouth when I saw that child run onto the road.
a) I suddenly felt very pleased and happy
b) I suddenly felt scared and sick
6. Dad started to foam at the mouth when I told him I was leaving home.
a) dad started to get very angry
b) dad started to laugh
7. I would never trust Elsa. She is a big mouth! Never tell her anything about your private life.
a) she tells everybody things that are secret
b) she smiles all the time
8. We lived from hand to mouth when we were students in Australia.
a) we just had enough money to live on and nothing else
b) we had a lot of spare money to spend
From the mouth
Make sure you know the meanings of the following six phrasal verbs. Then put each of them into one of the sentences replacing the words in brackets. Each verb should be in the past tense.
1.  whisper
2. sigh
3. scream
4. mutter
5. moan
6. holler
a) Mum (gave a loud cry of fear) when the cockroach ran across the kitchen floor.
b) Dad (said very softly) that I shouldn't tell Mum about her present.
c) You (gave a long sound of pain) in your sleep last night. Were you having a nightmare?
d) Maggie (made a sound by breathing out heavily) when I told her I loved her.
e) Mr Chan (spoke in a low unclear voice) on the phone and I didn't know what he wanted.
f) Ms Black (shouted very loudly) for us to stop running along the corridor.
Answers:
Down in the mouth: 1. a/ 2. b/ 3. b/ 4. b/ 5. a/ 6. a/ 7. b/ 8.b
Match the meanings: 1. b/ 2. a/ 3. b/ 4. b/ 5. b/ 6. a/ 7. a/ 8. a
From the mouth: a. screamed / b. whispered / c. moaned / d. sighed / e. muttered / f. hollered



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