Idiomatic English 11

Look at all that rain! ________ for our plans to go skiing this weekend. There won't be any snow left by Friday.

1. Farewell
2. Gone
3. So long
4. So much

He was too ________ to know what I was talking about and he didn't remember a thing the next day.

1. about it
2. away with it
3. into it
4. out of it

Why don't you tell him how you really feel, for ________! Can't you see he has no clue?

1. a loud cry
2. a loud outcry
3. crying loudly
4. crying out loud

Ed was fired last week and now we all have to ________ his slack.

1. cut him
2. give him
3. pick at
4. pick up

You have to pick your ________. Most arguments aren't worth it.

1. battles
2. fights
3. issues
4. problems

I'll be ________! Isn't that our principal and the hot new teacher he hired last week?

1. amazed
2. damned
3. lucky
4. shocked

Are you coming to Gina's party? – Wouldn't miss it for ________.

1. all I care
2. ever
3. the best
4. the world

________, I'm not sure what really happened. It's all a blur.

1. In truth
2. Telling the truth
3. True is
4. Truth be told

I have a new puppy. He's a ________. I haven't slept in two weeks!

1. fistful
2. handful
3. mouthful
4. spoonful

He's recovering fast but he's not out of the ________ yet. They definitely won't release him from the hospital until next month.

1. badlands
2. deep
3. swamp
4. woods