English Slang Idioms (428)

"Greg is hilarious, but he has the worst language of anyone I know. He swears like a(n) .......... I'm embarrassed to be around him in mixed company," Shirley told Tony.
sailor
engineer
soldier
umpire

"We've put off talking about the discrepancies in the operating accounts for too long. Let's ......... that issue before we go on to anything else," said the Chief Accountant.
single
angle
tackle
wrestle

"We have to figure out a way to deal with the product recall in the press. Our stocks ......... a nosedive over the weekend and the stockholders are worried,"the CEOsaid to the board.
fell
took
sprung
nicked

"Your section isn't off track? Your platoon sergeant should have been the one to inform me of that. It takes ......... for a private to tell a first sergeant that he's wrong," First Sergeant Jones told Private Harrison.
stomach
bowels
muscle
guts

"If you talk back to me one more time, I'm going to take you out to the .........," Bill threatened his son.
barnyard
woodshed
outhouse
pigpen

"Confess to the neighbors what you did. If you don't, I'll tell on you. I'm not going to take the ......... for breaking the window when I had nothing to do with it," Brian said to his brother.
jump
slip
fall
hit

"Just be sure that you can take the ......... with the smooth before deciding to marry her. Don't think that you can change any of her behavior you don't like," Jake warned his son.
rough
sharp
tart
sour

"I don't want one of those tables that you have to put together when you get home. I want a ready-......... table that's all in one piece," Jesse said to Kara.
packed
made
done
set

"Wow! Bob said he's going to give me his old table saw!" Jeff enthused. Nick replied, "Don't believe it until you see it. Talk is ........., you know."
full
rare
first
cheap

"We should get Mark to ask the teacher if we can drink soda in class. She might let us if her favorite student, her teacher's ........., asks her," Joey said to Donny.
deer
pal
pet
apple