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English Slang Idioms (108)

1.She lived a pleasant, privileged, carefree life up until

now However, she recently lost her job and that, in turn, made her mortgage payment overdue The bank was

threatening to take her house She remembered that her mother told her once "In every life, some must fall"

— she hadn't fully believed it until now

“ people

Lc houses

C rain

Lt stock

2.His predecessor ruled the organization with an

He frequently used hierarchical, stringent authority to get the job done and that seemed appropriate at the time

However, times had changed and he felt that it was time to take more of an interest in employees' lives, working

conditions and interests and to empower employees to get the job done

“ green thumb

“| iron fist

“ open mind

“ kid gloves

3.When his mom called and asked him if he had any

clients for his business, he told her that, although, he did have several , he hadn't landed a big client yet

Lz jrons in the fire

“ command and control policies

t buried treasure

“ cap and trade policies

4.He knew that the courts traditionally favored awarding full custody of small children to the mother but he had to try He knew that he probably wouldn't win but he told himself "It isn't over till the lady sings" and he

believed it

+ OD©ra

Lz fa†

L: jdol

L2 firs†

5."| read an article about Mr Martigrathac the other day that praised his contributions to charity and made him

sound like America's most popular and altruistic citizen You should have read this thing The article made it sound like we should all takes notes on citizenship from him Has everyone forgot that he was arrested for child molestation

and child pornography? | mean, is Saul also among the

cay se mmx , or what?" Maddie said to Shelly

tL idols

tu revered

“ prophets

L:; role models

6."My mom is in the hospital My brother got arrested for dealing drugs My professor said that | need to rework my doctoral thesis | had to have a root canal All this

happened this week! | guess that the saying is true: When I† rains, I† '," Lilly said to her best friend Adam

\ hails

(2 snows

“ pours

L:; hurricanes

7.In many places in North America, children are taught to

be wary of strangers As well, other members of society, such as neighbors, view others’ children as a nuisance In contrast, other societies and cultures have more of a

communal view on child rearing Many believe that "It takes a whole to raise a child."

“ country

( street

“ village

“ economy

8.He hated that she blamed their break-up solely on him

A lot of the things he did was in reaction to the nasty

things she did She, like all other humans, had flaws but

she refused to acknowledge any of them It takes two to Hung Didn't she Know that?

“ tango

“ conspire

“ collude

( conceive

9."Did you hear from the corporate office that we are going

to be improving our technology and become more

streamlined?" Jessie asked Todd Todd replied, "Yes, | did l† is an that blows no good | think it means that

we will be downsizing and outsourcing a lot of jobs —

maybe even our own to other countries."

“ angry fan

\ ill wind

““ insidious hair drier

“1 pompous mouth

10."| Know that we probably can't win the product liability suit against that huge company but we are going to try despite the difference in power | am telling myself that it is not the size of the dog that's in the fight, but the size of

TVG sree that's in the dog’ as often as possible," Gina said

to Maurice

(| muscle

L2 brain

L: fight

L: teeth