English Slang Idioms (374)

"I miss Lisa so much! I wish I could just turn back the ......... and do everything differently. If I hadn't started that fight with her, we would still be together," Nick moaned to his brother.
road
leaf
month
clock

"We got a lot of work done today. Those concrete forms were heavy, weren't they? I'm all tuckered .........," Chris said to Matt.
in
out
down
up

"How can you put up with Steve and his discussions on politics? He doesn't make any sense," Jerry said. Max replied, "Oh, I just ......... him out and think about other things until he's finished."
turn
time
tune
take

Two important inventions, the internal combustion engine and the airplane, were perfected around the ......... of the 19th century.
term
trend
top
turn

"I'm going to tune ......... to the local news to check for tornado warnings, and then we can leave for town," Miles said to Paul.
on
in
around
over

"Be sure to get your car ......... up before your long drive to Los Angeles," Chris's mother told him.
timed
ticked
tuned
tolled

"I went out to investigate the crash, and I'm afraid we have a murder investigation on our hands. The victim's brakes were ......... with," Detective Wilson told his superior.
tampered
toyed
trifled
tested

"You'd better get some ice on your eye. It's starting to turn .........," the coach told Jasper after the wrestling match.
different
bigger
color
bad

"You guys go on to the club without me. I think I'm going to turn .........; I'm very tired," Jim admitted to Al and Frank.
down
in
out
under

"I begged my parents to let me go to the prom. I told them my social life would be ruined forever if I couldn't go. They turned a ......... ear, though," Kathy told Christa.
deaf
chill
dead
cold