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Idioms Mystery

Murder Mystery night at
the Grand

Central Hotel

If you’re a lover of all things mysterious, why don’t
you join us for a night of mystery and suspense at the
Grand Central Hotel, where there’s much (1) more to
this New Year’s Eve party than meets the eye .
Host and multi-millionaire, Victor Del Fuente has more
than a few (2) skeletons in his cupboard , and these
catch up with him during his star-studded bash. Having
got (3) caught red-handed in some dodgy dealing, his
business associates aren’t best pleased with him, and
his family (4) smell a rat about what he’s done with the
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family investments. And who’s that mysterious woman
in the shadows who looks familiar, yet nobody can
(5) put their finger on?
With (6) red herrings aplenty, you’ll need to keep
your wits about you to stay in with a chance of solving
the murder.

1 Read the text and match the words in bold (1–6) with their meanings (a–f).
D i s c u s s i n g i d i o m s
a begin to suspect deception
Discuss the differences
to have an unpleasant secret about something you did in the past
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in meaning between
c more difficult or involved than it at first seems
these idioms:
d a misleading clue
• ring a bell / strike
a chord e spot someone in the act of wrongdoing
f to be able to identify, or say, exactly what something is
• keep something
under wraps / keep
2 S P E A K Look at the idioms in Exercise 1. Which idiom do you think is only used in a
something under
context of crime?
your hat
• be barking up the 3 Decide which idiom (a or b) best fits each gap.
wrong tree / get the
1 They’re by investigating that man. He’s got a watertight alibi and barely
wrong end of the
any motive.
stick
a keeping something under wraps b barking up the wrong tree
Elisha and told everyone she was the murderer instead of creating a
2
cover story.
A b o u t E n g l i s h
a let the cat out of the bag b rang a bell
Idiomatic language
3 Everybody at the party was and we had to try and work out the truth.
is a common feature
a keeping something under wraps b putting their finger on it
of English. In general,
idioms which can be
4 We thought the man’s name and it turns out he’s the long lost brother
applied to a broader
of the victim.
range of contexts are
a smelt a rat b rang a bell
more common than
those with a specific 4 S P E A K In pairs, discuss the questions.
usage. For example,
Can any of these idioms be translated into your own language? How common are
1
a skeleton in the
the expressions?
cupboard can only
2 What other expressions do you have in your language that have a similar meaning?
be used in certain
3 Why might people want to use idiomatic language for these kinds of situations?
situations, but many
things can be more
than meets the eye.
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