Dirty Laundry

Listen to the podcast.

Which idiom do you hear?

* iron out the wrinkles
* smooth out the rough edges
* burst someone's bubble

Listen to the podcast again.

True or False

False Kham took Ben and Cara to the laundromat.
False Ben does the lion's share of the housework.
True First you have to sort laundry.
False Cara's favourite colour is orange.
False After the laundry is sorted it's put into the dryer.
False You need to use more if the detergent is concentrated.
True It took about 40 minutes for a load to dry.
True After the laundry is dry it has to be folded.
False Clean clothes appear magically every week.
True Kham poured a little water into the iron.
True You iron clothes to get the wrinkles out.
True Cara put away the laundry.
False Cara and Kham want to spend their day off doing housework.
True They made a schedule to share the work.

Match the idioms with the examples.

A - the wrinkles were ironed out.
B - aired their dirty laundry
C - the lion's share

1 Sam's wife aired their dirty laundry during their divorce trial.

2 The workers agreed to sign the new contract after the wrinkles were ironed out.

3 Ning always makes sure he helps himself to the lion's share at the dinner
table.