AMERICAN IDIOMS WITH 'END' - EXERCISE 1/EFL (B2/C1)

level: Upper-intermediate (B2/C1)

American English is rich with idiomatic expressions. This exercise focuses on idioms that use the word end. Definitions are provided in brackets to help you understand the meaning in context.

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Complete each sentence with the correct idiom. Choose from: end up, tie up some loose ends, playing both ends, go off the deep end, short end of the stick, your end of the bargain, dead end, low-end, tail-end, at the end of the day.

1. The lead that the police had was a . Nothing came of it.✓

2. I have to . = I have to take care of some unfinished business.✓

3. He tells the management he's fighting for their interests, and the workers that he's fighting for theirs. In short, he's.✓

4. I did what I said I would do. Now you have to fulfill .✓

5. If you keep wasting your money like this, you're going to broke.✓

6. Paula inherited the house, but her sister got the . She only inherited grandma's collection of books.✓

7. , ( = when all's said and done) it's about how much you help others around you.✓

8. We caught the ( = last part) of the movie.✓

9. She tends to ( = to become very irrational and very emotional) quite a lot.✓

10. A "" camera refers to one of the cheaper cameras that a company makes.✓

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