Too and enough in fixed phrases activities, collocations and proverbs

Too and enough in fixed phrases activities, collocations and proverbs

Choose a statement below that you agree with and read it out. Does your partner agree?

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30 is old enough to know better than to get a hangover.

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32 degrees is just too darn hot!

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Enough food and a pipe full of tobacco makes you equal to the gods.

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Enough is as good as a feast.

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Enough is enough!

All corruption must be stopped!

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Ferraris look good enough to eat.

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Football managers should be old enough and big enough to take abuse from fans.

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Give politicians enough rope and they'll hang themselves.

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Have patience – the grass will be milk soon enough.

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Humankind can't stand too much reality.

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I’ve had enough of

politicians’ lies.

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I’ve seen enough of politicians to know that they are just in it for themselves.

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If someone is old enough to vote, they are old enough to drink and smoke.

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In most companies there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

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In the summer it’s too hot to think.

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It cannot be stressed enough that

the environment matters more than anything else.

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Most 18-year-olds are big enough and old enough to look after themselves.

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Most people already have more than enough possessions.

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Nothing is ever good enough for

someone who was spoilt as a child.

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Spies and other civil servants know too much to be allowed to write their autobiogra-

phies.

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The problem is not that people are taxed too little – the problem is that government

spends too much.

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The stars sometimes seem close enough to touch.

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There is enough

food for everyone. No one should need to go hungry.

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Throw enough dirt and some will stick.

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Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

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We know too much and feel too little.

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We still have enough oil to last for a century.

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We’ve waited long enough for politicians to act, now we need to take things into our

own hands.

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With true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.

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You can’t have too much of a good thing.

Ask about anything you don’t understand above (especially the underlined fixed
expressions), discussing if you agree with the statement or not and why each time.

Put one word into each gap below:
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30 is old enough ______________________ know better than to get a hangover.

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___________________ food and a pipe full of tobacco makes you equal to the gods.

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Enough ____________________________ enough! All corruption must be stopped!

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Ferraris look good enough to ___________________________________________.

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Football managers should be old enough and ______ enough to take abuse from fans.

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Give politicians enough _________________________ and they'll hang themselves.

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Have patience – the grass will be milk ______________________________ enough.

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Humankind can't stand too ________________________________________ reality.

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I’ve ___________________________________________ enough of politicians’ lies.

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I’ve __________ enough of politicians to know that they are just in it for themselves.

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If someone is old enough to vote, they are old enough __________ drink and smoke.

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In most companies there are too ________________ chiefs and not enough Indians.

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In the summer it’s too hot to ____________________________________________.

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It cannot be _______ enough that the environment matters more than anything else.

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Most 18-year-olds are big enough ___________ old enough to look after themselves.

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Most people already have more _________________________ enough possessions.

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Nothing is ever good enough ________________ someone who was spoilt as a child.

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Spies and other civil servants know too _______________ to be allowed to write their

autobiographies.

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The problem is not that people are taxed too _________________ – the problem is

that government spends too much.

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The stars sometimes seem close enough to ________________________________.

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There is enough _________________ for everyone. No one should need to go hungry.

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Throw enough ________________________________________ and some will stick.

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Too many _______________________________________________ spoil the broth.

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Too much ___________ anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

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We know too much and feel too _________________________________________.

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We still have enough oil to ___________________________________ for a century.

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We’ve waited __________________________ enough for politicians to act, now we

need to take things into our own hands.

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With true friends even water drunk together is sweet _________________________.

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You can’t have too much of ____________________________________ good thing.

Check above. Other answers may be possible, so please check if you wrote something
different.

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