English Slang Idioms (21)

He was sick of working for companies that weren't above......... in their business practices. Too many of them had cut illegal or unethical corners.
board
grade
level
ideal

He wanted to be with his wife and didn't want to hear one more soldier with him in Iraq say, "Absence makes the ......... grow fonder."
soul
sense
brain
heart

He was the clumsiest kid she had ever seen — a definite ......... just waiting to happen.
fall
idiot
accident
bump

She hadn't lost the election yet, so she never even let on that she had an ace in the ..........
deck
sky
hole
spades

"Why are you smiling?" Jim asked. "You're about to lose this match; do you have an ......... up your sleeve or something?"
arm
ace
eye
ear

He knew that his opponent had a weakness; he just had to find her Achilles' ..........
foot
armor
heel
opening

He knew that his competitors had a chink in their ......... somewhere. He just had to locate it.
armor
tank
game
plan

He performed an ......... test on the business he wanted to invest in and saw that it was in a good position to pay its current liabilities.
outcome
income
acid
input

There have been many across-the-......... changes in the Army since Tim was an active soldier. Everything is different now.
sea
wood
land
board

"Don't feel bad, Derek. You couldn't stop the tree from falling on your sister's car after you borrowed it from her. It's an ......... of God," his mother said.
ax
order
art
act