7. Match the idioms with their meanings. Use them in your own sentences.
1. a drop in the ocean
2. a ray of sunshine
3. a voice (crying) in the wilderness
4. beat around the bush
5. can't see the wood for the trees
6. make a mountain out of a molehill
7. under a cloud
8. under the weather
a. someone who is pointing out the dangers in a
situation or the truth about it, but nobody is paying
any attention
b. exaggerate the importance of something trivial
c. slightly unwell or in low spirits
d. an amount that is so small that it does not make an
important difference or have much
effect
e. under suspicion or discredited
f. discuss a matter without coming to the point
g. not understand or appreciate a larger situation,
problem
h. a person who brings happiness into the lives of others