(会員) Monday night Feb. 20, 2017 - Useful idioms
1. That was expensive. It cost me an ~ and a ~.
2. This car has amazing handling. It can ~ on a dime.
The economy can ~ on a dime.
3. I gave you my offer. The ~ is in your court now.
4. I would never go to a place like that. = I wouldn’t be caught ~ in a place like that.
5. Hey! Speak of the ~! We were just talking about you!
6. We don’t agree. We don’t see ~ to ~.
We see ~ to ~ on politics.
7. That was so easy! That was a ~ of ~.
8. That guy is crazy. He is off his ~.
9. It’s late, and I’m sleepy. I’m going to hit the ~.
10. I need a nap. I’m going catch forty ~.
=catch some zs
11. Don’t take him too seriously. Take him with a grain of ~.
12. Something is wrong with that guy. He’s not playing with a full ~.
13. He started the fight, but it’s not just his fault. After all it takes two to ~.
14. I’m not feeling well today. I’m a little bit under the ~. = I’m not feeling myself today.
15. Don’t worry about getting fired too much. Every ~ has a silver lining.
Answers:
1. arm / leg, 2. turn, 3. ball, 4. dead, 5. devil , 6. eye/eye, 7. piece / cake, 8. rocker, 9. sack, 10. catch/get forty winks, 11. salt, 12. deck, 13. tango, 14. weather, 15. cloud
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