English Slang Idioms (146)

He escaped from prison and had been on the ......... for two months now. Life on the run was hard.
dodge
hide
lam
walk

As the salesman pitched his product, Jerry got the uneasy feeling that the guy was not on the .......... He wouldn't look Jerry in the eye and the things he claimed the product could do seemed a little too good to be true.
bevel
take
mantle
level

He had to make his sales' quota this weekend. He missed his goals last month and management was understanding about it but he knew that his career was now on the ..........
list
line
tight rope
fence

He really hoped to be the one to cure cancer and put his hometown on the ..........
globe
atlas
mat
map

The impressed manager looked up at the clock on the wall. It was exactly 9 o'clock and he said, "Mr. Tims, you are certainly punctual and for that I am thankful. It is 9 o'clock on the .........."
hand
tick
time
nose

"I am not sure that I would date Sally right now. She just broke up with her fiance two days ago and she is obviously on the .......... You may run into a lot of problems if you go forward with this," Chris told Kyle.
bounce
run
rebound
dive

"We have been impressed with you ever since you joined the firm. You started off on the right ......... and have always met your goals on time. I am recommending that we give you a raise," Ms. Elkins told Bill.
rote
foot
boat
line

"I can't believe Jimmy beat me in chess. I had him on the ......... and somehow he managed to turn the game around," Lester told Bert.
bounce
ropes
knock out
carpet

The police were embarrassed. Their main suspect had been on the ......... for more than two months and they could not seem to track him down.
sprint
jog
hoof
run

"You think that we should try to think of a different plan? I do too. I am glad we are on the same .........," the boss said to the leader of the work team.
page
story
movie
line