English Slang Idioms (293)

"I am sorry that my mother made that off-the-......... comment to you about seeing your family. I know that she doesn't mean that you shouldn't see your family and that you should only see ours. I think she was trying to make a joke and, at the same time, tell you that she likes having you here in her own strange way," Brent said to Lisa.
whack
parapet
wall
shoe

"I am sorry that I made that off-......... joke at dinner. I don't know why I thought that joke would be appropriate for a family setting," Jay said to Francis.
rocker
color
texture
season

"I do not want to sing tonight at the karaoke bar. I tend to sound a bit off-......... after I have been drinking," Linus said to Kayla.
texture
center
key
cuff

She loved going to the thrift store on Fifth and Main. They had the most ......... stuff. One could find odd items in there that no other store would carry.
off topic
off shelf
off the rack
offbeat

Going to thrift stores is a fun activity if a person likes to find one-of-a-......... items.
kind
species
category
genre

Many times, one kind find quality used tools at ......... hand stores for a fraction of the cost one would incur from buying a new tool.
left
off
second
back

One of the ......... of the war in Iraq that was not foreseen by consumers is that the supply of metals used in construction (copper for example) is smaller due to the increased demand overseas.
off topics
off hands
off whites
offshoots

"If you have a problem at work, you should talk to the manager. If you complain you might get resolution. It's always the ......... wheel that gets the grease," Linda said to Brian.
missing
bent
flat
squeaky

"I don't remember there being a movie theater down town. Is that new?" Jack asked Ben. Ben replied, "No, that movie theater is as old as the .......... I think it was built here in 1933."
hills
seats
art
roads

I can't get a job in that town. In order for that to happen, I would have to be of the .........-boy network. Of course, to be part of that network, one has to have grown up in the town.
new
bad
old
good