English Slang Idioms (52)

He knew that once his father found out that he was in detention again at school, he would be dead ..........
fish
meat
set
head

He knew that the only way to get his next promotion would be to wear dead man's .......... His boss was showing no signs of wanting to retire.
hopes
clothes
shrouds
shoes

Even though the boss didn't agree, he was not going to back down. He knew that he was dead ..........
ahead
right
done
mad

He tried to wake up his daughter, but she had stayed up very late the night before, so she was dead to the ..........
bed
day
max
world

"I know you think that I was out late partying, but you're dead .........." Chris told his wife. "I was really working."
wrong
on
crazy
away

"I've been calling your name for five minutes! I swear you're as deaf as a .........," Grace told Paul.
post
dwarf
frog
hammer

He received a Dear ......... letter from his fiancee. They had been together for four years, but he had been in Iraq for over a year now and she had met someone else.
Jack
Bill
Bob
John

His car broke down, his roof leaked and he owed more income tax than he expected. He felt like he was experiencing the death by a thousand ..........
needles
cuts
burns
knives

"You should go home, Gina. You're too sick to be here. You look like death ......... over," Willis said.
all
come
brought
warmed

"Boys, let's go to the bar. I'm ......... the mahogany. I just made a big sale!" Mitch said to his fellow salesmen.
shining
decorating
polishing
carving