Colombia qualifies for Russia 2018...only just

It's all done and dusted, the Colombian national soccer team qualified for next year's World Cup in Russia by the skin of their teeth.
A 1-all draw Against Peru in Lima was enough to get them across the line.
To make a long story short, it should have been a piece of cake but last week's loss Paraguay in Barranquilla kept us on tenterhooks.
Brazil knocking over Chile, in Sao Paolo,  helped let us off the hook.
In the end they got their act together and  fans can now eagerly look forward to 2018.
Whether or not Colombia can match their heroics of 2014 in Brazil, is another matter, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Idiom Meanings

• done and dusted - finished
• by the skin of ones teeth - only just
• Get (something/someone) across the line - finish successfully
• make a long story short - tell briefly
• a piece of cake - easy
• Kept us on tenterhooks - waiting nervously
• let us off the hook - allow someone to avoid bad situation
• knocking over - beat/win against
• got their act together - become more organised and achieve what you want
• cross that bridge when we come to it - not to worry about something in the future until it happens

Complete the sentences using the idioms you’ve learnt
(put your answers in the comments and I'll give you some feedback)

1. Don’t …………………… , tell me who won - Colombia or Peru.
2. I got 51% in the Test -  I passed ……………..
3. I don’t know what’s going to happen next year, we’ll ………………………..
4. I finished the last bit of the project, congratulations, we’re ……………….
5. You need to ……………………. And find a job.
6. To …………………………. , I got the promotion.
7. How was the exam? - no problem, it was …………………
8. I forgot my girlfriends birthday, but she ……………….. and forgave me
9. Brasil …………….. nearly everyone they played.
10. We failed to …... the proposal ……………... - there were too many obstacles.

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