Can I have a glass of water, please? I have got a ......in my throat.

I was ready to make some more investments, but it was the losses that I made on the stock exchange that took the ..........out of my sails.

Is the situation in the company really so bad as people say or are they just crying ...........? Are we really going to lose our jobs?

'Helen says she's going to make a career as an actress in Hollywood. Is she serious about it?' - "I don't think so. She's always reaching for the ........

Whenever Michael wants to upset me, he tells me that I'm dressed up like a ............dinner.

There were a lot of strangers at the meeting and it seemed they were all expecting someone to break the ......... with a warm welcome.

The two people found themselves in cold water after their boat turned ......... in the middle of the pond.

I said I have swum across the river, but Nigel's remarkable feat of swimming across the English Channel really put my success in the ..........

The teacher sat the cat among the .......by saying that all of us were going to be punished for what the two boys from our class had done.

For his misbehaviour in the public places Ben may have to either pay a fine or do a penalty service. He's between the devil and the deep blue ..........

Why is Tony so exceptionally polite today? He must be up to some .............business , I guess.

It took the police over six days to find the escaped convict, but they finally ran him to ..........in a wooden hut high in the mountains.

Stop disturbing me with your silly questions, will you? I'm telling you I have other .......to fry at the moment.

I admit I have lost her book, but I can't see why she's made so much fuss about it. It's a ............in a teacup. This book is available in every bookshop in town.

Which topic would you like me to create a new quiz on?