American Idiomatic Expressions 2

Whenever I arrive home past 10:00, my dad________because he believes the streets are not safe late at night.

• gets a grip

• gets on my case

• has a blast

• goofs up

Hey! Would you ________the funny clothes they are wearing?!

• botch up

• take the cake to

• eat it to

• get a load of

I believe Josh was________when he said he was a bank robber. He just wanted to see how you would react.

• putting you on

• catching you in the act

• picking you up

• taking a dip

He had to do his homework again ________

• rock bottom

• from scratch

• blowout

• red-eye

After I was done shopping, I got the ________ to________my purchases.

• sellout-

  haul in

• sleeper-

  soak up

• blockbuster-

  cut down

• checker-

  ring up

This expression means "to nag" or "criticize sb"

• have a blast

• goof up

• get a grip

• gets on sb's case

This expression means "to look at" or "to check out"

• get a load of

• eat it up

• take the cake to

• botch up

This expression means "to kid someone."

• pick sb up

• catch sb in the act

• put sb on

• take a dip

This expression means "from the beginning."

• rock bottom

• blowout

• from scratch

• red-eye

The slang word means "cashier" and the phrasal verb means "add up the purchases" in American English.

• blockbuster-

  cut down

• checker-

  ring up

• sellout-

  haul in

• sleeper-

  fork over