English Slang Idioms (39)

I don't see how they manage married life. Those two are as different as chalk and ..........
tires
cheese
pens
checkers

"I think that this class of police cadets will do very well. They are all chomping at the ......... to get out there and fight crime," the instructor said to the captain.
carrot
food
wood
bit

"No wonder she gets fed up with him so often. He spends money like it was water. He has a champagne taste on a ......... budget," Nicole said to Sabine.
beer
mushroom
juice
chips

The current representative was mediocre, but she had been with the case since the beginning and he thought that changing ......... midstream would do more damage than keeping her.
ships
horses
gears
oars

He had had a change of ......... and did not want to buy the boat any longer.
heart
mind
mouth
dream

She decided to change ......... at work because what she was doing now was not resulting in any improvement.
color
focus
mind
tack

"I questioned the chief on a tactic he used during the last case and he quoted me the part of the manual that describes that same situation chapter and .........," a surprised Jason told his buddy.
volume
series
verse
standard

"When I yelled at him for lying, he immediately ......... his tune and told me the whole story," his mom told her friend.
hummed
wrote
dropped
changed

She was insulted when the telemarketer accused her of being too greedy to give to charity and told him that she believes charity begins in the ..........
home
neighborhood
precinct
heavens

Senator Merthy is ......... rainbows again. He is running for president for the third time. Doesn't he know that no one will vote for him?
casting
shooting
chasing
painting