English Slang Idioms (291)

"My roommate is kind of an .......... He doesn't like sunny days, he refuses to watch movies and he hates parties. How much more unlike me can you get?" Brian asked his girlfriend.
football
oddball
strange case
peculiar cat

"I went to the yard sale but there wasn't much there. Just some ......... and ends. Things like: old shoes, a cracked window, some old pots and some mismatched silverware," Janice said to Janelle.
starts
ones
odds
edges

"He might sell his bike but odds are ......... it. He really likes his bike and uses it often. You can ask him, though," Adam said to Greg.
bending
around
against
from

"Christmas break is only a month long so I'm going to look for odd ......... until the spring semester starts," Jordan told his mom.
arrangments
assignments
jobs
tasks

"We have to drive to Seattle on Tuesday. Is it alright with you if we stay at your house in Portland overnight?" Beth asked her cousin. She replied, "Of ......... you can stay!"
course
definite
obvious
trust

"I have to go into work for two hours. Can you ......... yourself for a while until I get back?" Jacky asked her 12 year-old son.
occupy
work
play
task

"We tried to get into Yellowstone National Park to ......... avail. It was all booked up and no amount of cajoling would get us in," Hank told his boss when he got back to work.
any
no
can't
much

"Believe me, I'm not going to move back to my home town. I left there of my own ......... and I'm not going back," Steve said to Shelly.
amount
accrual
amend
account

"My parents didn't want me to join the army. I joined of my own ......... will," Private Harris told First Sergeant Jones.
forced
ill
free
creative

"There is the bus. Now ......... you go!" The camp counselor told Gina as the bus to take her home arrived.
off
forward
walk
bus