English Slang Idioms (34)

That car I was going to buy turned out to be a ......... flush. The owner didn't put it in the advertisement, but the car needs over $2000 in repairs.
straight
radiator
busted
toilet

You must have been as busy as a ......... to get all this done! Your yard is raked, the stairs are painted and the woodpile is tidied.
fox
sloth
cat
beaver

He had been as busy as a ......... from the moment he got to work and was now exhausted.
flower
wood pile
bee
hive

He turned down the invitation to join the company baseball team, since he didn't want his girlfriend to see that he was a(n) .......... He was never good at catching a ball.
butterfingers
outfielder
receiver
juggler

It was five minutes until her performance, and she had butterflies in her .......... She hoped that her nervousness wouldn't cause her to mess up.
net
hair
stomach
head

He was glad that he buttoned his ......... when the boss yelled at him. A secretary had just got fired last week for talking back to him.
face
jaw
lip
ears

His grandfather bought the ......... last Tuesday. He wasn't surprised; his grandfather was eighty years old and had been sick for years. The old man passed away in his sleep.
store
farm
car
boat

The van just missed his car by a hair's ..........
length
width
height
breadth

He managed to beat the top runner in the race by a ..........
knot
shot
paw
whisker

It took him a long time to learn to play the song by ..........
hand
heart
head
thought