Idioms 7

I'm sure that he could make a better job of being prime minister any day of the week.

• whatever the details

• whatever the time

• whatever the circumstances

• whatever the week

Don't worry we pride ourselves on being helpful to all our customers and getting that booked for you is all in a day's work for us.

• perfectly easy

• perfectly simple

• perfectly done

• perfectly normal

Yes, we went away on holiday last week but it rained day in, day out.

• every single day

• every other day

• every second day

• every two days

I think the time has now come when we'll simply have to call it a day.

• stop trying

• stop thinking

• stop working

• stop going

You know what they said about radio that it had had it's day but it's still going strong.

• stopped being clever

• stopped being popular

• stopped being heard

• stopped being good

That last comment of yours won the day because nobody could possibly argue with you after that.

• assured us victory

• assured us the answer

• assured us progress

• assured us agreement

We left the children playing in the park and they were as happy as the day is long.

• reasonably happy

• quite happy

• very happy

• always happy

They got engaged about two years ago and at long last they have named the day.

• said when they are getting married

• said where they are getting married

• said why they are getting married

• said if they are getting married

I've been doing these exercises for two hours now and I think at long last I'm starting to see daylight.

• see the answer to the problem

• see the reason for the work

• see the end of the task

• see the problems in the answers

I knew once the car didn't start, saw it had a flat tire and also that it had started to rain, that this was going to be one of those days.

• a day when nothing goes right

• a day when something goes wrong

• a day when little goes right

• a day when little goes wrong