Idioms 6

The manager's offer to me had much ______ for thought and I said I needed more time to consider it.

• drink

• cup

• hand

• food

I wondered if the interviewee had ______ the message when I had made her no call after 3 days.

• lent

• got

• made

• acted

Mark was ______ on air when Nancy accepted his marriage proposal.

• travelling

• jumping

• floating

• diving

In my 20s, I sometimes spread myself too ______ , for example, by having 3 jobs at the same time.

• tall

• thin

• high

• old

I was about to take out the rubbish before leaving but it totally slipped my ______.

• blood

• mind

• eye

• hair

The teacher will ______ a fit if you keep talking in class.

• press

• jump

• throw

• pull

The traumatic childhood left a ______ on his mindset.

• mark

• line

• point

• score

Their campaign is ______ from strength to strength as more and more people join it.

• going

• hitting

• bending

• meeting

The author's name has a familiar ______ to it. I must have read one of his novels.

• rink

• band

• ring

• eye

Although the new teacher asked them to keep silent until she was ______ in her face, they just kept talking.

• yellow

• blue

• green

• black