Health Idioms

Instructions: Discuss the following idioms with your partner. What do you think they mean? After you learn the meanings, put them in the correct lines below. 1. Get something out of ones system 2. Kick a habit 3. Out cold 4. Rub salt in someones wounds 5. Run in the family 6. A taste of ones own medicine 7. Under the weather 8. Bitter pill to swallow

1. His grandfather was a great hockey player. His father was a great hockey player. Now, Jim is interested in hockey too. Being a hockey player must ________________________________________________________________. 2. He was _________________________________ after he got back from working his 70-hour week. He dropped onto the couch and slept for 12 hours. 3. Smoking is very addictive. Its tough to ___________________________________, but if you can, it will improve your health greatly. 4. John always wanted to be a pilot. It was a ____________________________________________ when he found out that he was colorblind and unable to go flight school. 5. Krugs roommates are getting annoyed with him. He keeps talking about going kite surfing. They want him to go and do it and __________________________________________. 6. Luke has always been a jerk to everybody around him. It was good to see him get __________________________________________________ when that guy yelled at him. 7. Im sorry. I cant go out tonight. Im feeling __________________________________________. I need to just go to bed early. 8. What she said to Daniel was really harsh. She didnt have to tell him about all his faults after she rejected his proposal. Thats just ________________________________________.