English Slang Idioms (66)

"You'd better watch out for the boss today. She seems to be in a bad mood. I just saw her go into her office and her face is like .........," Lilly said to Mary.
lightning
thunder
mud
fire

"I know we're supposed to think all babies are cute, but Pete and Paula's is not. Their baby is one that only a mother could .........," Wilson said to his wife.
accept
endure
love
face

"Don't accept that car at ......... value, Lewis. Take it to a mechanic and see what he thinks. There may be a lot of problems you don't know about," his brother said.
face
absolute
market
peer

The time had come to face his ......... and climb the telephone pole. He had been afraid of heights for years, but that fear was holding him back from advancement in the cable company.
worries
demons
maker
defeat

His daughter was turning twelve and he would have to talk to her about the facts of ......... soon. She was going to have a sex education class in school, but he thought she should hear about sex from her parents first.
babies
living
life
bees

Don't give up on your business even if it hasn't made you any money yet. Failure is the ......... of success. Thomas Edison failed many times before inventing the light bulb.
measure
signal
mother
leader

"You have to ask her to the dance if you want to go with her. Stop being so shy. Faint ......... never won fair lady, Keenan," Wes told him.
heart
signs
notion
words

"We had a bet that whoever lost the race would pay the other ten dollars. So pay up, because I beat you fair and .........," Pauline told her.
well
full
square
sure

They'd spent a lot of time together in the past, but as soon as she told Maxie thatshe really needed a friend to talk to, Max said that he felt tired and wanted to go see a movie instead. She didn't need ......... friends like Max.
unfriendly
easygoing
fairweather
sunnyday

She wanted to improve high school education in America. Too many kids fell by the ......... and ended up without a diploma or a fair chance of success in society.
roadside
wayside
poolside
outside