Here are some pictures showing idioms with their literal meaning. Click on a picture to put the words into the second text so that the story means the same as the story in the first text.

	Bill was an excellent gardener, and was vain about how his vegetables won prizes. His inquisitive neighbour listened carefully when a friend asked Bill about his gardening secrets, but Bill ignored him rudely, and said that he would say nothing.
	Bill had .....1....., and was really ....2.... about how his vegetables won prizes. His ....3.... neighbour was ....4.... when a friend asked Bill about his gardening secrets. But Bill gave his friend the ....5.... when he asked, and said that his ....6.....

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