English Slang Idioms (10)

He was very tired after a long day at work and decided to ......... the hay as soon as he got home.
plant
bail
hit
sweep

When he explained the problem to his coworkers, they all agreed that he knew what he was talking about. He really hit the nail on the ..........
board
metal
head
hand

"Hold your ........., young man! There's no reason to speed!" the grandmother said to her grandson as he spun his tires out of the driveway.
hand
hose
horses
tongue

"Houston, we have a(n) .........," a construction worker said as the wall that they just put up fell down.
winner
problem
issue
bust

"I'll have his ......... on a platter!" the enraged boss said when he found evidence that revealed one of his employees was stealing from him.
horse
food
goose
head

When the soccer player kicked yet another goal near the very end of the game, he knew that the game was in the ..........
bag
bed
sock
toilet

The artist struggled to paint the naked lady posing in front of him. It was the first painting of a person in the ......... that he had ever attempted.
rye
natural
buff
heat

His was the winning basket. "In your .........!" the boy yelled to the other basketball team.
head
face
court
world

"He was driving like a ......... out of hell! He was going 140 MPH when I pulled him over!" the policeman said.
bat
devil
car
greyhound

John is 89 years old, and he was really surprised when the policeman actually wrote him a ticket for ..........
street dancing
power-walking
breakdancing
jaywalking