AMERICAN IDIOMS WITH 'HOLD' - 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 hold. 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: hold it, hold the line, hold up your end, hold true, hold still, on hold, hold a candle to, hold your liquor, hold your head high, hold your own.

1. You did a great job. You can really . ( = You can be proud of yourself.)✓

2. You have proven time and time again that you cannot . ( = that your tolerance for alcohol is very low/ that you get drunk very quickly)✓

3. I think you can ( = do reasonably well) against him, even though he's much stronger than you.✓

4. ! = Don't fidget!/ Don't move!✓

5. Please ( = stay on the phone). He'll be with you in a second.✓

6. The operator told me to wait and put me .✓

7. If you don't of the deal ( = if you don't do what you agreed to do), I'm not going to do what I promised either.✓

8. His recent novels don't ( = are not nearly as good as) his earlier ones.✓

9. All the things I told you last year still . ( = remain true)✓

10. ! = Stop!✓

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