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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's definition.





- back to square one, go - - back to the drawing board, go - - back to the wall, have (one’s) - - backhanded compliment - - back-seat driver - - bad blood - - bark up the wrong tree - - bats in (one’s) belfry, have - - beat a dead horse - - beat a hasty retreat -




negative or ill feelings

to run very fast in the opposite direction

return to the beginning

a criticism that is phrased in such a way that it appears to be a compliment

a person who gives driving orders when he/she is not the driver

to argue or pursue a point or topic without the possibility of success

to misdirect one’s efforts or argument

to be in a difficult or desperate situation

harmlessly crazy or eccentric