1The goalkeeper was ... and the ball went straight in. (застать врасплох)
caught napping
2She's ... in criticizing her own party leadership. (рисковать)
being/ going out on a limb
3He was ... by his friends. (сбить кого-либо с пути истинного)
led astray
4It's going to get in a muddle if you carry on. I should just ... if I were you. (оставить все как есть)
leave well alone
5Two weeks before an exam it's always ... as I realize how much I still have to do. (состояние тревоги)
panic stations
6I think he regards work as a ... . (неотвратимое зло)
necessary evil
7After three days lost in the mountains, all the climbers arrived home ... . (целые и невредимые)
safe and sound
8We got out in time but it was ... . (с трудом избежать опасности)
a narrow escape
9He escaped from the secret police ... . (еле-еле)
by the skin of his teeth
10His mother lives in the next street to us, which is a little ... . ((быть) в опасной близости)
rather/too close for comfort
11She got to the gate ten minutes before her flight, so she was ... very ... . (успеть в последнюю минуту)
cutting it/things fine
12The new report ... among the board members because it forecasts a large decrease in enrollment. (поднимать тревогу)
set alarm bells ringing
13Every time you go parachuting, you're ... . (рисковать жизнью)
taking your life in(to) your hands
14The mayor's political future has been ... since the fraud scandal. (висеть на волоске)
hanging by a thread
15At the moment the election seems balanced ... . (на тонком льду)
on a knife-edge