Idioms

Over my …....... body was he going to steal the client that I worked so hard to keep.

She was known to duck responsibility whenever possible, but when she tried to pass the ..... on the tax error, she went too far.

"I've been waiting for you to climb on the ..... and come to that show. Now we can all watch it together!" His girlfriend told him in front of her group of friends.

"I also have to take Finance next semester. It's just one more mountain to ...... I also have to take Management Accounting, which is another difficult class," Max told his parents.

"Well, ..... things first, we need to rearrange the shed. Then, we can get the dresser out of the bedroom and that will make room for the new king-sized bed," Steven told Clarissa.

"People really need to learn how to drive in this town. Every time I ..... around, it seems like I am either hearing about another crash on the radio or see ambulances and fire trucks by the scene of a crash," Beth said to Jenny.

"We need a new coffee table. Ours used to be nice until our latest move. It looks pretty ..... up now. We didn't tie it down well enough and it flew around the moving truck and knocked into some things," Pat said to his neighbors.

One of the scariest moments of my career as a police officer was when an idiot said he was going to shoot a two-year-old if he wasn't given a million dollars. Luckily, we were finally able to talk him ...... He dropped the gun and came away peacefully.

My pants fell off in front my co-workers the other day. I've lost so much weight that I didn't realize how loose my pants were at that point. I was .....!

At the moment plans are under way and the work should be finished next year.