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English Slang Idioms (51)
1.Their conversation lagged, so he racked his brain trying
to figure out something to talk about that would fill the
air.

damp
dead
dumb
dull
2.She couldn't believe that he was bringing up last month's
finances again. She thought that they had worked it out
and that the issue was dead and .

buried
over
mouldy
done
3.The project ran into a lot of problems at at the design
stage, and then its budget was cut way back. Now it's as
dead as a .

donut
dumbbell
dodo
door
4.He tried each of his flashlights and none worked. Their
batteries were as dead as a .

doorsill
doornail

doormat
doorbell
5.It was a very exciting game. The Superbowl was in the
fourth quarter and both teams were dead .

even
meat
heat
gone
6.I don't know why Jay doesn't fire Ted. That guy is dead
from the up. He can't even get the simplest tasks
done.

ground
pick
brain
neck
7.He couldn't decide who deserved the Employee-of-the-
Month award more. The two front runners finished the
month off in a dead . Their stats were exactly the
same.

heat
line
test
wire
8."I don't think I should go out drinking with you guys
during the week anymore. It's only 11 a.m., and I'm
already dead in the ," Maxine told her friends.

saddle
bucket
water
pot
9."I know I'm late turning in my project. This is the first time
I've used that computer program, but I did my dead level
to get it to you on time," Jay said.

deal
best
effort
crunch
10."Did you hear that Tim got caught falsifying documents
to save time? The boss is going to flip out. Tim is a dead
man for sure," Christie said to George.

lying
going
passing
walking