English Slang Idioms (60)

My son's birthday present was a drop in the ......... compared to how much his tuition, car, and books cost.
well
coffer
water
bucket

The increasing cost of electricity is a drop in the ......... compared to some of our other business costs and is nothing to worry about.
river
water
ocean
pond

"I couldn't find a job for weeks, and then all of a sudden the perfect job dropped into my .........," Kari said to Liz.
lap
life
fist
face

The men in the army formation were starting to drop like ......... in the Texas summer heat.
bats
rain
towels
flies

It had been a while since she had called her best friend, so she vowed to drop her a ......... as soon as she got off work.
memo
buzz
line
phone

He tried handing the summons to the man at the door, but the man at the door dropped it like it was a hot ..........
potato
rock
iron
tamale

She hoped that it would rain soon. They had had a dry ......... for too long, and she was getting worried about the possibility of a forest fire.
spot
spate
season
spell

"Oh, that assignment is duck .........! I thought you were going to give me something difficult to do today, boss," Adam said.
feathers
down
soup
paddling

"I wasn't sure how well Brian was going to do in college, but he's taken to it like a duck to .........," Brian's father told his relatives.
water
swimming
a swan
corn

I am not ready to present the proposal yet. I want to double-check everything to make sure all my ducks are in a ......... first.
flock
pond
puddle
row