Intermediate Time Idioms
1. What do you think? Do you think I'm an idiot? I wasn't born ~, you know!
2. C'mon! We're late. There's no time to ~.
3. Thanks so much for the present! You really made my ~.
4. Don't let him come in the house yet. I need a few more minutes. Could you ~ him?
5. They are open all the time. They are open ~.
6. Thanks for coming! You saved me just in the ~ of time.
7.
A: I'm so sorry, I'm late.
B: Don't worry about it. Better ~ than ~.
8. She gets up at the ~ of dawn every day.
9. He's a great guy. He'll help you at the drop of a ~.
10. He's a big sumo wrestling fan. He's a ~ time sumo fan.
11. He ~ 7 years in prison for stealing a car. / He ~ in the army for 2 years.
12.
A: Want to go out tonight?
B: No, thanks. Maybe some ~ time.
13. Sorry, but I can't really help you today. I'm a little ~ for time.
14. Her birthday is just around the ~. (Her birthday is very soon!)
15. I'm sorry I'm late. I lost ~ of time.
16. The party was great! I had the time of my ~!
17. I'll never do that.=I'll do that when ~ freezes over.
18. I usually finish at work by 5pm, but I had to work ~ yesterday. I didn't get home until 10pm.
19. This report is due tomorrow and we're still not done. We're down to the ~.
20. I think we've done enough work for today. Why don't we call it a ~? Let's call it a ~.
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Answers:
1. yesterday
2. lose, waste
3. day
4. stall
5. 24/7,
around the clock
6. nick
7. late / never
8. crack/ break
9. hat
10. big
11. served
12. other
13. pressed
14. corner
15. track
16. life
17. hell / over
18. overtime / late
19. wire
20. day
~ gets me through the day.
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