English Slang Idioms (384)

"Hi, Joe. I mailed the package to you today. Will you send ......... when you receive it?" Jake asked over the telephone.
out
back
word
along

"Here at basic training, we're going to separate the ......... from the boys during 13 of the worst weeks of your lives!" The drill sergeant yelled at the new recruits.
girls
men
kids
chaff

"That robber we caught last week is going to court today. I think he'll end up getting at least a five-year .......... Does anyone want to bet otherwise?" Detective O'Brian asked the other policemen.
fine
guilty
penalty
sentence

"I heard Josh beat you at chess and publically rubs it in your face. It serves you ........., after all the times you beat him and then laughed at him," Lisa said to Bethany.
right
perfect
fit
correct

"I heard your brother just got busted for driving drunk. He'll serve ......... for doing that, and he should-- it's a serious crime," Ian said to Carl.
long
jail
society
time

"Apparently there's a pyromaniac on the loose around here. The Mason's old barn was ......... ablaze last night, and the police said they found a gas can and part of a fuse nearby," Jerry said to Barney.
burnt
made
caught
set

"Do you know Rosa? She's the prettiest girl I've ever set ......... on. I'm going to ask her to the dance," Jordan said to Bill.
sights
gaze
looks
eyes

"Get off my property and never set ......... on it again!" Barney yelled at the salesman.
sail
foot
mind
(none)

"We set ......... for the mountain range two weeks before reaching the base of the mountains," Bill read in an old account of a settler going out West.
forward
first
fast
forth

"I know that your method is better, Chris, but Grandma is too set in her ......... to change. She's been doing things in the same way for at least 60 years!" Peggy told him.
mind
forms
ways
paths