English Slang Idioms (51)

Their conversation lagged, so he racked his brain trying to figure out something to talk about that would fill the ......... air.
damp
dead
dumb
dull

She couldn't believe that he was bringing up last month's finances again. She thought that they had worked it out and that the issue was dead and ..........
buried
over
mouldy
done

The project ran into a lot of problems at at the design stage, and then its budget was cut way back. Now it's as dead as a ..........
donut
dumbbell
dodo
door

He tried each of his flashlights and none worked. Their batteries were as dead as a ..........
doorsill
doornail
doormat
doorbell

It was a very exciting game. The Superbowl was in the fourth quarter and both teams were dead ..........
even
meat
heat
gone

I don't know why Jay doesn't fire Ted. That guy is dead from the ......... up. He can't even get the simplest tasks done.
ground
pick
brain
neck

He couldn't decide who deserved the Employee-of-the-Month award more. The two front runners finished the month off in a dead .......... Their stats were exactly the same.
heat
line
test
wire

"I don't think I should go out drinking with you guys during the week anymore. It's only 11 a.m., and I'm already dead in the .........," Maxine told her friends.
saddle
bucket
water
pot

"I know I'm late turning in my project. This is the first time I've used that computer program, but I did my dead level ......... to get it to you on time," Jay said.
deal
best
effort
crunch

"Did you hear that Tim got caught falsifying documents to save time? The boss is going to flip out. Tim is a dead man ......... for sure," Christie said to George.
lying
going
passing
walking