English Slang Idioms (57)

"You're doing a good job, Todd. You've made some minor mistakes, but don't ......... the small stuff," his boss said.
suffer
seize
sweat
sense

"You know he's going to try to take advantage of you. Don't take any ......... nickels, Jane — we didn't raise a fool," her father said.
wooden
rubber
copper
tin

"That's just throwing stones when you live in a ......... house! You complain that she lies, but you've lied yourself to almost everyone here!" his assistant said.
glass
grass
straw
strong

It was going fine and everyone was having fun until my alcoholic sister ......... the party and started a fight with one of my co-workers.
crushed
crashed
bashed
brushed

"Don't upset the .......... The receiving department's procedures have always worked quite well. If you try to change how they do things, you'll just mess it up," Jeannie told Kurt.
apparatus
bandwagon
beast
applecart

"I hate it when people wash their dirty ......... in public. I don't want to hear who or who slept with John. I don't want to hear any of their personal business!" Elise said to Pauline.
laundry
hands
clothing
boots

He was sick of people telling the same old joke at work. The joke had been done to ......... and hadn't been that funny in the first place.
everyone
charcoal
death
boredom

She knew it would take .........'s years for her boss to retire. She wished he would move or quit.
deer
dog
duck
donkey

"You Harvard graduates are the ......... of the crop," the job interviewer told Jessie.
honey
grain
bulk
cream

He told his grandfather that he had improved his school grades from a C to an A average, and his grandpa replied, " See? I told you ......... always rises to the surface."
cream
bubbling
wood
syrup