English Slang Idioms (155)

She was looking forward to a hot bath all day. By the time she was able to get into the bath after putting the kids to sleep the bath water was .......... It figured.
rancid
expired
lukewarm
empty

He thought that his brother made a strange choice in life partners. He was tall, good-looking and rich. She, in his opinion, was kind of a ......... Jane with average intelligence, no money and little.
Tarzan
Mediocre
Average
Plain

"I have been looking forward to a hot cup of coffee all day. Knowing my ........., the restaurant will say that their coffee machine is broken," Todd told Steven.
eperience
story
fate
luck

"Your first plan will not work due to the fact that my truck is broken down. What is ......... B?" He asked his roommate.
schedule
trial
plan
idea

A secretary with a ......... smile was waiting to greet customers. She didn't look as happy as the smile indicated.
plastic
crayon
marker
rubber

"So if I don't agree to help you get a job at the company I work for, you are going to call the city and tell them that I built my shed without a permit? You really play for ........., don't you?" Bill asked Adam.
marbles
keeps
fun
marbles

"I am sorry that I couldn't wait for you to get here before starting the presentation. I tried to ......... for time by asking everyone to introduce themselves but the regional manager asked me to start," Jill told her boss.
talk
play
make
roll

"I thought you liked Jake and wanted to go out with him. Why didn't you talk to him more while he was sitting at our table? Were you just playing ......... to get?" Allison asked Beth.
impossible
not
rough
hard

"I am sorry that I didn't get the project in to you sooner. As you know, my workstation has a virus. Unfortunately, the virus has been ......... havoc with all of my saved files," Brent told Steve.
playing
rolling
swimming
reacting

His son was grounded again. Except this time, it was for playing ......... from school.
cut
run
hooky
disappear