English Slang Idioms (373)

"George ......... me down again. He promised to come by with his truck to help me get the leaves out of my yard, but I waited for him all day and he never showed up," Nick said to Brian.
put
set
let
took

"My brother and his wife have been fighting. I've tried to pour oil over troubled ........., but they just won't make up," Steve said to his girlfriend.
waters
wieners
salad
seas

"I swear I'm innocent. These charges are all trumped .......... Someone's trying to frame me!" Zack shouted at his trial.
off
down
up
on

His best friend had refused to help him get his wife back, but he still had his trump .......... He had paid his best friend's hospital bill when he was broke and hadn't yet told him.
horn
card
chip
hand

"I've never done any plumbing before, but I want to try my ......... at it before we call anyone. Plumbers charge a lot of money," Carl explained to his wife.
tools
wits
wrench
hand

"You have to try this .......... This soup is really delicious," Dan's wife told him.
through
in
out
on

"The kids have to go to bed now. Will you ......... them in?" Sally asked her husband.
trundle
tuck
tousle
tend

Bob and James played tug-of-......... with the new toy James got for Christmas. James pulled it away and ran outside with it before Bob could try grabbing it again.
rope
will
boat
war

"That movie was really sad. It ......... at my heart something fierce," Allison said to Grace.
tugged
snatched
dragged
reached

"Yes, it was. I was moved to ......... myself," Grace replied.
tears
sniffles
gloom
melancholy