English Slang Idioms (47)

That guy gets angry and talks back to the boss way too much. He'd better cool his ......... before he gets fired!
toes
fan
jets
head

"Going bowling sounds great! I haven't gone bowling in a coon's .........," Nathan said to Ken.
age
skin
year
time

Do you realize that if that patent goes through, we will be the only company with a product that cures that type of cancer? We'll corner the .........!
store
medicine
triangle
market

"I haven't eaten since noon. I'm so hungry I could eat a .........," Mattie said to Mark.
mouse
goose
moose
horse

I don't like either candidate. I don't give two ......... about who wins the election.
boots
hoots
shoots
toots

"Did you do anything in the warehouse, Ned? Or were you just back there counting ......... until your shift was over?" his boss asked. He had caught him sleeping on the job last week and was still mad about it.
geese
toes
sheep
clouds

"Your teenage life isn't that bad, Chris. You should just ......... your blessings that you don't have to work full-time like your grandpa," his grandmother said.
thank
keep
say
count

Remember that if someone tells you how far away something is, it's in ......... miles. It is always farther away than people around here say it is.
city
casual
country
crow

"Makes sure that you cover all of your ......... when you arrest the senator and read him his rights, Jack," the police chief said.
bases
areas
manuals
regulations

"He used these huge bolts on his project when little screws would have worked just fine. That's like cracking a nut with a .........!" the contractor joked.
nutcracker
sledgehammer
screwdriver
crowbar