Valentine's Day Idioms

Dear Students

Because February is the month of love - here is a Valentine's day activity for Advanced Learners:

Match the idiom with the correct definition and then use them in the table bellow.

1. blind date	A. To not show any interest in the other person even though you may be interested
2. double date	B. To have a romantic relationship with another person when you are married
3. to go dutch	C. To innocently like someone
4. to break up	D. To accept someone's proposal of marriage
5. to go steady	E. To use a cliché without really meaning it, with the hopes of gaining someone's interest
6. to get engaged	F. A date arranged by a third party for two people who have not met
7. to be stood up	G. A date where two couples go out together
8. to have a crush on someone	H. To date only one person.
9. to get to know someone	I. A date where each person pays his or her own way
10. to feed someone a line	J. To tease another person with your body or by what you say
11. to play hard to get	K. To have your date fail to appear at the appointed time or even to call to cancel the date
12. to have an affair	L. To slowly get familiar with a person before getting into a serious relationship
13. to flirt	M. To end a relationship

Use the idioms from the table above in these sentences (in the appropriate tense and form)

1. “She hasn’t called me back all day, I thought she liked me”.

              “Don’t worry, I think she’s just ___________________________.

2. I’ve always liked Joey...as I matter of fact I’ve had a  _________________ him since primary school.
3. I don’t believe men should always pay for everything, it makes more sense to me to ___________.

4. He must have had an accident…I don’t believe he would____________ by not showing up at all.

5. First we got __________ each other, then we decided to go_______, and after a year we got_________.