Idioms

When you put your ......... to it, anything can be accomplished.

I usually ..... work at about 4 o'clock and run to the station to catch the train to my next job.

"The rain was a major ..... in the ointment last Saturday. We had a nice picnic but then the rain came," Laurie told Jan.

"Don't worry too much about whether you will make it in college or not. It takes a while to get the ..... of it and get used to the pace. I am sure you will do fine," Brandon's older brother told him.

"We have a deal! I am going to need your John ..... on the contract and a few other forms and then you can take the new car," Jill said to the buyers.

"I wish you could have seen my best friend's daughter on Christmas morning when I gave her a new tricycle. She lit up like a Christmas .....," Jan said to Mike.

The kids got caught trying to sneak into the X-..... movie playing down the street. The man working there that caught them said, "You don't want to see this trash. You might think you do right now but trust me, you don't. You will wish you hadn't and it will make you sick."

"These 17-hour shifts are running me into the ...... I can't take much more of this. I could barely get up this morning," Bill told his pal.

If petrol prices go up any more, I shall have to use a bicycle.

Our neighbors talk about everyone but they don't realize that if you live in a glass house, you shouldn't throw stones.