English Language Tests-Intermediate level''''s archiveEnglish Slang Idioms (34) pdf

English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive
English Slang Idioms (34)
1.That car I was going to buy turned out to be a
flush. The owner didn't put it in the advertisement, but the
car needs over $2000 in repairs.

straight
radiator
busted
toilet
2.You must have been as busy as a to get all this
done! Your yard is raked, the stairs are painted and the
woodpile is tidied.

fox
sloth
cat
beaver
3.He had been as busy as a from the moment he got
to work and was now exhausted.

flower
wood pile
bee
hive
4.He turned down the invitation to join the company
baseball team, since he didn't want his girlfriend to see
that he was a(n) . He was never good at catching a
ball.

butterfingers

outfielder
receiver
juggler
5.It was five minutes until her performance, and she had
butterflies in her . She hoped that her nervousness
wouldn't cause her to mess up.

net
hair
stomach
head
6.He was glad that he buttoned his when the boss
yelled at him. A secretary had just got fired last week for
talking back to him.

face
jaw
lip
ears
7.His grandfather bought the last Tuesday. He
wasn't surprised; his grandfather was eighty years old and
had been sick for years. The old man passed away in his
sleep.

store
farm
car
boat
8.The van just missed his car by a hair's .

length
width
height
breadth
9.He managed to beat the top runner in the race by
a .

knot
shot
paw
whisker
10.It took him a long time to learn to play the song by
.

hand
heart
head
thought