Idiomatic Expressions Exercise

The supervisor was fired because he had sticky __________

• arms

• hands

• fingers

He really gave me a __________ for my money when we played poker yesterday. He almost beat me.

• swim

• sprint

• run

Why are you being so __________.? You don't even pay for your drinks.

• closefisted

• hard-fisted

• coldfisted

Whenever I eat out with my friends, I prefer to go __________

• French

• Spanish

• Dutch

He had to __________ over a lot of money last month for violating traffic rules

• shell

• fork

• spoon

‘Do you think you could lend me some money?’ ‘No, I am in the __________ this month’

• black

• red

• green

The corrupt cops receive __________ for ignoring certain crimes.

• paybacks

• throwbacks

• kickbacks

We have been living hand to __________ since I lost my job

• head

• face

• mouth

I don't earn much from my job as a freelance writer, but I can make ends __________

• meet

• end

• close

Why are you looking upset? Keep your __________ up

• eyes

• face

• chin