English Slang Idioms (16)

She told him that they needed to spend more ......... time together.
cheap
entertaining
quality
long

He didn't want to go outside until the rain stopped coming down so hard. It was really raining ......... and dogs out there.
birds
bats
pups
cats

"Hey, I am going to have to take a rain ......... on going to that movie with you today. I just found out I have to work tonight," Jenny told Craig.
jacket
hat
check
gutter

"Your daddy is going to ......... Cain when he finds out you got detention again," Tommy said to Will.
start
call
raise
stop

Politicians often use a red ......... to divert the public's attention from a subject they don't want to talk about.
October
sky
rose
herring

The store manager caught the kid .......... His pockets were bulging with stolen goods.
red-handed
besotted
panhandled
off-guarded

His friend was kind of a .........: he wore a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and a big belt buckle, and he used vulgar language in mixed company.
leatherneck
redneck
beatnik
yuppie

The judge admonished the vulgar defendant for repeatedly using ......... language in the courtroom.
beautiful
mundane
colorful
regular

His alarm went off. It was time to ......... and shine.
spit
polish
refine
rise

A general rule of ......... in business is that it is better to be over-prepared than under-prepared.
metrics
measurement
thumb
subject