Flying kites and flags

1. [Match]

Do you know these uses of ‘flag’ and ‘kite’?

(Notes
flag something up – bring something to people’s attention
be as high as a kite – 1) feel very happy and excited 2)
behave in a silly or over-excited way because you have eaten too much sugar, drunk some alcohol or taken.
eg He was as high as a kite when he bought his first car.
The children were all as high as kites after the excitement of seeing the snow fall.
A flagship – the best or most important thing owned or produced by an organisation / country etc
Eg The Academy was set up to be a flagship for British Dance.
Flag – verb – become tired or less enthusiastic. In meetings in Britain people often flag immediately after lunch – this is known among people delivering training etc as ‘the graveyard slot’ as they know people will not show much interest!
Eg The class is flagging now we’re getting to the end of term.
kite-flying act of trying to find out what people’s opinion about something new will be by informally spreading news of it
Eg Mentioning the possibility of some re-organisation is just a bit of early kite-flying.
keep the flag flying – act or speak for a country, group or organisation which a flag represents
eg We don’t raise much money for the St John Ambulance – but we put in an appearance and keep the flag flying.
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Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. show / carry / wave the flag (correct)
• 2. be as high as a kite (correct)
• 3. flag something up (correct)
• 4. fly the flag (correct)
• 5. a kite (correct)
• 6. a flag day (correct)
• 7. flagstones (correct)
• 8. flag someone down (correct)
• 9. put the flags out (correct)
• 10. a Kitemark (correct)
• 11. flag – verb (correct)
• 12. keep the flag flying (correct)
• 13. kite-flying (correct)
• 14. flagship (correct)