Slang idioms

His car broke down, his roof leaked and he owed more income tax than he expected. He felt like he was experiencing the death by a thousand ......

"Don't get too many helpings of food, Todd. Your ..... are bigger than your stomach," his mother said as they entered the all-you-can-eat buffet.

"I could handle him drinking too much, but cheating on me? That was the ..... on the cake. I threw him out and I don't regret it," Mattie told her mom.

She knew that she only had a ..... shot at graduating college after this semester now that she had flunked two of her four midterm exams.

His plan to renovate his house and then resell it for more money had ...... The housing market, during the renovation process, had changed from a seller's to a buyer's market.

"Thank you for taking me to the concert. I had a .....," Cheryl said to Adam.

"Our new product's success ..... on getting a patent for the electronics inside. We were unable to do so due to the fact that someone else already owns the rights to the electronic system. We are currently trying to contact the owner to see if he will sell his idea to us," Matt told management.

"I might quit the service group. The coordinator keeps trying to ..... my efforts and insinuates that I don't do enough. I am a volunteer doing volunteer-work for free. She should be thankful for the two-hour-a-week commitment I have made," Julie said to Jones.

"I want to show my mother that I know how to raise kids who are well behaved so will you do me a favor and mind your ..... at grandma's house tonight?" Dana asked Sue and Becky.

People say Lana is really flaky so she can't handle important projects at work.