English Slang Idioms (33)

The cable company has been a real ......... under my saddle. I've called them three times this month and I am sick of it.
buckle
burr
blanket
boot

"We are going to have to burn ......... to get there on time. If we drive as fast as possible, we might make it," Matt said to Brian.
rubber
leather
firewood
exhaust

Steve is sure burning the ......... at both ends. With all that money he has been spending on drinking late at the bar, he'll be broke and sick in no time.
rubber
wood
torch
candle

"I had to burn the ......... oil to get the paper done on time. I think I finished at four in the morning," Ben said.
motor
vegetable
crude
midnight

"You really ......... your fingers this time, Matt. I bet you won't smash people's mailboxes anymore after working all summer to pay the neighbors for your pranks," his sister said.
burned
sucked
oiled
rubbed

"Will we get laid off? That is the ......... question," Pam said to Jim.
blaring
burning
beaming
beating

He was glad that he and his wife had finally buried the ......... concerning the cat. They had fought too long about it and he was glad to move on.
bullet
hatchet
hammer
bucket

"You can't avoid completing your expense sheet by burying your ......... in the sand," Maggie said to Earl.
hand
head
body
trunk

"My week off was a busman's .......... My wife insisted that I finish building our patio deck," the construction workercomplained tohis co-worker.
holiday
vehicle
trip
event

Don't bust my ......... about the project. It's not my fault that it was late.
bolts
toes
vase
chops