English Slang Idioms (271)

The politician was getting hammered in the press for lining his ......... while in office. He had apparently awarded large contracts to certain firms in return for some very large personal fees.
bed
car
pockets
office

"I wish you could have seen my best friend's daughter on Christmas morning when I gave her a new tricycle. She lit up like a Christmas .........," Jan said to Mike.
card
cookie
carol
tree

"My husband is getting depressed because none of his friends called him on his birthday. Little does he ........., we are all planning a massive surprise party for him," Marlena told Suzanne.
think
want
exist
know

I have driven down many freeways and seen whole bags of trash dumped on the side of the road by ..........
litterbugs
scavenging beetles
snakes in the grass
loan sharks

He was used to being Number One in his work place. He had been the manager of the local store for ten years and was having a hard time transitioning from that job to being a small frog in a big ......... at Wal-Mart. The pay was better but it was strange for him.
tank
pond
store
ocean

"I don't personally agree with people who are allowed to grow medical marijuana. However, it is not my decision and while I don't agree with smoking pot, I have a live and let ......... mentality," Bette said to Jane.
learn
work
live
load

"So all this time, I had the blade on my circular saw on backwards? No wonder it wasn't cutting too well. Oh well, live and ......... I guess," Tim said to Allen.
learn
look
lift
live

Life had been slow and easy in the small town where he and his wife lived and worked for the past five years. Now that they had moved to Los Angeles, he felt like they were living in the ......... lane. Everything about the city was fast and busy. Their life seemed to have accelerated quite a bit.
ca pool
fast
slow
right

"My grandfather had quadruple-bypass heart surgery and the doctors told him he had a year to live. He is living on ......... time the surgery was ten years ago," Chris told Paul.
leased
stolen
borrowed
past

"I have had a good time on this business trip but I am looking forward to getting home. I have been living out of a ......... for the past three weeks and can't wait to see some of my other clothes," Matt said to Lisa.
handbag
wallet
suitcase
plastic bag