Test your knowledge of English idioms! (B1 - B2 level)

"cutting corners".
If you cut corners when doing something,

 you do it badly or cheaply at the expense of high standards

you accomplish two different things at the same time with very little effort

"add insult to injury". 
After saying Beverly made too many mistakes, Bob added insult to injury by saying: 



"clean as a whistle". 
The school thought their new teacher's record was as clean as a whistle because he hadn't told them about: 

"hang in there | hang on in there".  
My friends all called and told me to hang in there after I'd:

"playing with fire".  
People who keep loaded guns in the house are playing with fire because the guns:

could go off accidentally and kill someone

"read between the lines".  
If you read between the lines, you will

"under wraps".  
The best way to keep something under wraps is to:

let as few people as possible know about it

"You can say that again!"  
If someone says "You can say that again!", it means they:

"a blessing in disguise".
Losing that job was a blessing in disguise because it meant I:

"cutting corners". If you cut corners when doing something,