Vocabulary
Activity
A) Study the
following idiomatic expressions related to going to extremes
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Drastic times
call for drastic measures: to take extreme actions.
Fight someone
or something hammer and tongs / tooth and nail: to fight energetically
and with great determination.
Go all the
way down: to do completely or take a decisive action, especially one from
which no retreat is possible.
Go from one
extreme to the other: to change from one thing to its opposite.
Go overboard
: to do something too much, or to be too excited and eager about something.
Go to
extremes (to do something): to be excessive in one's efforts to do something.
Go too
far: to do more than is acceptable.
Leave no
stone unturned/ Spare no effort/ Search high heaven/ Look or Search high and low / Turn inside
out : to exhaust every possibility in attempting to achieve one's goal.
 Live on the
edge: to have a type of life in which you are often involved in exciting or
dangerous activities
Push the
limits: to expand boundaries.
The sky's the
limit: Expression meaning there is no upper limit.
To infinity:
to have no end, forever.
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B) Complete the
following sentences with one, two or more words related to the idioms above:
1.The bike's makers seem to have gone over....... on design and
sacrificed speed.
2.If you go too ......... with your demands, you’ll get nothing in the
end.
3.The dogs were fighting each other hammer ..............
4.Hopefully in this war neither side wants to go all the ...............and
lose everything.
5.We will leave no stone ..................... in our efforts to find a
solution to this problem.
6.You go from one ................... to another—one day you seem fine,
the next day you’re upset.
7.Let's not .................... extremes! We've already spent enough on
gifts for your nephews.
8.You can’t always live .........................., you are older now.
9.You can reach your goals with passion and determination. The sky..............
10.The lake is huge, it seems to stretch to .......................... from here.
11.The economy is rather unstable. You know what they say: Drastic
times...
12.If you need to get better at your tennis, you have to keep
pushing....
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