English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive English Slang Idioms 34 1.That car I was going to buy turned out to be a.... The owner didn't put it in the advertisement, but the ca
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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
Trang 22.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
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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
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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
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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
Trang 67.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
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width
height
breadth
9.He managed to beat the top runner in the race by
a
knot
shot
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whisker
10.It took him a long time to learn to play the song by
hand
heart
head
thought