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A crazy person is referred to as:

All of the following mean to be angry except:

An inexperienced person is called wet behind the ___.

An old man is referred to as:

Another way of saying that I don’t understand something would be:

Another way of saying that I don’t understand something would be:

Ask Kostya to help you move the furniture. He’s as strong as:

Do you mind if I give you my decision tomorrow? I’d like to ___.

Ever since I’ve given up smoking I feel as fit as:

From the moment they first met they got along like:

Getting a problem off your ___ is the first stage to being able to solve it.

He is drunk almost every night. He drinks like a ___.

He usually smokes one pack of cigarettes a day, but when he’s nervous he smokes like:

He wanted one more ___ before settling down and getting married.

I always get ___ in my stomach before visiting the dentist.

I caught the last bus to town by the skin of my ___.

I don’t understand mathematics. I haven’t the ___ idea about arithmetic.

I have been working every day for the last month and I am now ___.

I know times have been bad lately, but keep your ___ up; things will soon be better.

I think I’ll go stretch my ___. I’ve been sitting down all morning and feel a bit stiff.

I was ___ with envy when my neighbor drove up in a new Jaguar.

If I am «jumping down someone’s throat,» I am:

If I say something that I didn’t intend on saying, I put my foot in my ___.

If it is raining heavily, we say:

If I’ve bitten off more than I can chew, I have:

If someone can never make up his/her mind, we say that he/she is ___.

If someone is annoying, distracting or making you angry we might say:

If someone is very irritable, we say he/she ___ .

If someone says that all of your dogs aren’t barking, what they meant was:

If someone thinks that your idea is ridiculous they might say that you «are off your ___.»

If something is boring it is considered:

If something is very easily done, we say ___.

If something is very useful it is ___.

If we are on the same wavelength, we:

If we don’t believe what someone is saying (or don’t understand), we say that it is ___.

If we receive information directly from its source and not hearsay, we say:

If we want to know the real reason or explanation in detail, we ask for the ___.

If you are extremely happy about something you may be considered:

If you are not able to do something, then we might say that you can’t cut the ___.

If you are scared enough, you might get the ___.

If you are the only one in the family who works, you bring home the ___.

If you are very clumsy you may be called:

If you are very short of money, you are ___.

If you are young and inexperienced in something you may be considered:

If you severely beat someone, you have «cleaned his/her ___.»

If you talk shop with someone you are:

If you were told in a restaurant that the soup had been «86’d,» you would understand that:

If you work day and night and are extremely busy and don’t sleep you «are burning the ___ at both ends.»

If your friend is always exaggerating and not telling the truth, and tells you that he is going to become president in three years, you might respond using the following idiom:

I’m starting a new profession. I am ___.