Advanced English Conversations - Robert Allans, Ahmet Mustafaoglu, Metin Emir 2019
Set (50) - They aren’t on the same wavelength
Dialogue
George: You know what! I don’t like gossiping but there are some rumors circulating around that Jessie and Sam’s marriage is on the rocks.
Carl: There’s nothing of the sort! It could be a false alarm. You know; people are very brilliant at blowing stuff up.
George: But Clare did tell Jessie that their marriage had been on shaky ground and they were on the edge of splitting up!
Carl: I wonder who’s at fault?
George: Contrary to Sam’s desire, Jessie doesn’t want to have a bun in the oven. Simply, they aren’t on the same wavelength.
Vocabulary
On the rocks: experiencing difficulties and likely to fail.
A false alarm: A signal or warning that is groundless.
Blow something up: exaggerate the importance of something.
On shaky ground: weak and likely to break down, collapse, or fail.
Split up: to end a relationship; to break up.
At fault: responsible for an undesirable situation; in the wrong.
Have a bun in the oven: to have a baby; to be pregnant.
On the same wavelength: to share the same perspective with someone else.
Exercise;
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions;
on the rocks
a false alarm
blow something up
on shaky ground
split up
at fault
have a bun in the oven
on the same wavelength
a. His business is .......... because of his poor marketing policies.
b. I am sure he will be gratified to learn that we are ..........
c. Throwing a baby shower is one of the best ways to announce that you ..........
d. He thought he might be having a heart attack, but his chest pains were just a ..........
e. I'm sure he didn't mean anything by that comment—don't .......... too much.
f. His hypothesis has been .......... to since the beginning, so I'm not surprised that he couldn't prove it in the lab.
g. When they .......... she flung herself into her work to try to forget him.
h. The party .......... in a court case usually pays the other party's legal costs.