Idiomatic English 14

You have ________, showing your face after what you did to me!

1. a ball
2. some guts
3. some nerve
4. the pants

I'm sorry about what I said to you the other day. I didn't really mean it. – No harm ________, man.

1. no foul
2. no worries
3. not done
4. taken

I took the job but just for the time being. I'm ready to ________ the moment I get a better offer.

1. jump down their throats
2. jump ship
3. jump the gun
4. jump the lights

This liquor is strong enough to take the ________ a tough day.

1. edge off
2. fall for
3. chill off
4. stuffing out of

Did you get everything I asked you for? – Yeah, ________.

1. as you were
2. mission accomplished
3. roger that
4. wing down

That doll gave me the ________. It reminded me of Chucky from the horror movie Child's Play.

1. creeps
2. freak
3. frights
4. start

Jenny agreed to go out with him but only because she didn't want to ________.

1. break his feelings
2. hurt his feelings
3. spare his feelings
4. touch his feelings

We're going to Mexico in June. I'll have to ________ on my Spanish, I think.

1. brush up
2. comb up
3. polish up
4. pump up

He seemed to have lost his marbles, ________, and started chasing a chicken with a hockey stick.

1. so to say
2. so to speak
3. so to talk
4. so to tell

The message is ________ – if you drink and drive, you will lose your license.

1. crying out loud
2. crystal
3. loud and clear
4. louder than words