English Slang Idioms (166)

"I am so mad at my boyfriend. He has gone to great ......... to convince me he quit drinking. Then, his friend came to the house and asked if my boyfriend had made it home OK the other night after driving drunk," Shirley told Grace.
acts
hours
lengths
times

"Look at Tom. He looks exhausted. He must have had a long night last night. His eyes are half-.........," Ryan said to Karen.
function
visual
working
mast

"What is your manager's cell phone number?" the disgruntled customer asked the representative after being informed that the manager wasn't in at that moment. The representative answered, "I am not at ......... to give that number out. I can have him call you once he comes in, though."
liberty
ability
knowledge
duty

He had checked every music store in town for a quality distortion pedal for a guitar. He searched for months and none of the stores had the pedal in stock. At ......... last, he found one in a pawn shop.
beginning of
end of
long
finishing the

He and his boss had been at ......... about what to do about the supply crisis for the past month. Each refused to see the other's perspective and rationale.
blunders
grounds
odds
word

"I am so sorry! I must not have set my alarm last night. I am sorry that I am late. I will leave my house at .........," Laurie said when her work called to find out why she wasn't in the office.
instant
once
immediately
now

"I am coming home immediately after I am done here. I have some ......... ends to tie up at the office before I can leave and that should take about twenty minutes. Then, I will come home," Chris told Linda when she called.
frayed
broken
multiple
loose

"Please don't invite Jack to your party. I dated him at ......... time and we had a nasty break-up now we can't stand the sight of each other," Beth said to Kim.
some
long
one
short

"Will you come to our party on Saturday? You don't have to show up at any particular time you can show up at your .......... I know you have some things you have to do in the morning," Wes said to Brandon.
time
watch
leisure
motive

"It will cost you, at ........., $150 for a new pump," the repairman told the Watsons.
most
less
fraction
addition