English Slang Idioms (358)

"We get a lot of business in the summer time, but then it ......... off by October. People don't want to go boating anymore when the weather gets cold," Jack explained to Greg.
toddles
tapers
turns
takes

"You think that I want to leave you because your hair fell out during chemotherapy? That ......... never even crossed through my mind. I love you, hair or not," Bart told his wife.
plan
concept
image
thought

"This tit-for-......... business is going to destroy our relationship. You shouldn't have done what you did to pay me back for hurting you earlier," Shannon said to Haley.
that
trip
tat
tip

Ron is pretty torn ......... about the break-up. Ron and Sandy dated for more than five years and now it's over. He's really upset about the whole thing.
above
down
up
over

"Don't ......... up, Joe. You're going to be fine. You just scraped your knee," Luke said to his brother.
cry
sob
wail
tear

I just watched the movie 'The Notebook' for the first time, and it's such a tear .........! I wholeheartedly recommend it.
jerker
notcher
wheeler
drinker

I waited in line for 20 minutes before I got to the receptionist at the DMV. Then she said that I had to fix one entry on my form, and she made me go to the back of the line. I was so teed .........!
from
below
down
off

I looked at the plants and I couldn't ......... them apart. I think the differences are too subtle for someone who isn't very interested in flowers.
type
take
talk
tell

The postman left the door of my mailbox open again, and it's raining! I'm going to tell him ......... the next time I see him.
away
off
out
up

"I can't believe Tom told ......... me for writing notes in class. I thought we were friends!" Luke said to Joey.
on
from
over
to