English Slang Idioms (101)

He hadn't heard from his son in months and it was his fault. When his son had voiced a legitimate concern about passing Basic Training he had told him "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the .........," Not the most understanding thing to say.
kitchen
pool
forest
booth

He knew his dad didn't like his friends since they had been in trouble with the law. His father told him "if you fly with the ........., you get shot with the (...)," but he just couldn't see how he would get in trouble just by hanging out with them.
planes
cranes
crows
herons

He had been arrested as an accomplice to robbery simply because his friends, who he was going to a movie with at the time, had robbed someone earlier that day. He remembered what his grandma used to say about keeping company with the wrong sort: "if you lie down with the dogs, you get up with .........."
hair
smell
drool
fleas

"Let's just assume, for the purpose of this conversation, if you ........., that Mr. Jones did rob the store," the defense attorney said before starting his argument.
want
will
well
choose

He felt ......... at ease every time he saw Mrs. Collins. She had once accused him of attacking her daughter and, even though the attacker had been caught, things had never been the same.
completely
rank
ill
left

"If you are found guilty of dealing drugs or laundering money, the courts may take all of your assets if they believe that those assets were paid for with ill-gotten .........," the Law professor told her class.
trading
methods
gains
debt

"Hi, Bro. I need you to loan me one hundred dollars. I am really in a .......... I don't get paid until next week and I am short on my rent. I had to pay for my transmission to get fixed this week and had to pay the doctor I saw a month ago," Jake said to his brother.
job
fix
vacation
oppurtunity

"My front tire popped, and in a ........., I was off the road in a ditch. Miraculously, I am fine and so is my car, other than the tire," Cat told her boyfriend.
flash
eternity
pinch
bind

"I am sorry I messed up especially after you just told me what to do. I have been in a ......... all morning it won't happen again," John nervously said to his supervisor when she caught his mistake.
clear sky
distraction
intense mood
fog

"You are at the hospital with Mom? I will be there in a ......... I am leaving work right now and am very close to the hospital," Derek said to Larissa.
week
fog
heartbeat
cloud