English Slang Idioms (17)

"I had to get some more coffee during my afternoon break. I was starting to ......... out of steam," Laurie said to Linda.
blow
run
let
burn

Jack knew that he should go for a run. Running helped him blow off ......... after an aggravating day in the office.
pounds
balloons
steam
sweat

Sally knew that Hank had ......... her project by giving her incorrect statistics underestimating the expenses the firm would incur in getting it started.
sabotaged
eradicated
helped
erased

I really messed with his ......... cow when I said that guns should not be sold or owned anywhere in America.
milk
brown
sacred
Hereford

Just two more minutes and he'd be ......... by the bell. Then he wouldn't have to hand in his report until next Monday.
rung
out
led
saved

It is considered important by many in America to teach teenagers about ......... sex.
safe
gratuitous
graphic
public

I know the company wants to find a ........., but I had nothing to do with that project at all. They will obviously have to find someone else.
billy goat
scapegoat
boar
sheep

"Break a .........!" John said as his sister went up the stairs to give her performance.
bone
line
leg
board

He knew that investigating Jim was a shot in the ........., but he had to try something.
dark
woods
butt
glass

The lawyer took a cheap ......... at the defendant, hoping that it would make him mad enough to blurt out what she wanted to know.
trick
price
aim
shot