Idioms

He knew that, as a ....., people usually try to do the right thing, but he was uncomfortable trusting an acquaintance that he barely knew.

Now that his wife had gone to Italy, it was up to him to bring home the ..... so that they could pay their bills.

He managed to beat the top runner in the race by a ......

"What are you so sad about, Christian? You look like your heart's in your .....," Matt said.

She couldn't stand Jake he was a jerk. Even though he and her mother were all hunky ..... again, she remembered how he had acted toward his mother and what he had said that night.

When asked by his friends why he wanted to go to the river, he replied "Just for the ..... of it, I guess. It's hot and going to the river is something to do at least."

When he heard that he had lost his job, it was cold comfort to learn that he could keep his car.

You will be in a very difficult situation now that he's let the cat out of the bag.

It's no good shouting at me like that - I'm doing the best I can.

I suppose she was the apple of your eye at the time.