Slang idioms

"I love this combination in the morning. If you ask me, coffee and cigarettes go together hand in .....," Mike said to his brother.

His brother was a structural engineer and he studied the trade for eight years in school. Unlike his brother, he was more of a ..... who worked all kinds of jobs: construction, window washing, dishwashing and anything else that came along. The difference in success in the two's careers was evident in their houses. The engineer had a beautiful, palatial house and he had a mediocre mobile home.

"Wow, I am sure glad you caught that safety violation before someone got hurt. I'm so happy that you are Johnny on the ..... down here. You don't miss much," the foreman said to Dan.

"Sir, there is no reason to yell at me yet since I haven't yet had the oppurtunity to research your case. It'll just take a minute for me to get up to speed on what is going on with your situation so keep your .....," the customer service representative for the insurance company told the angry caller.

He really wanted to be the mayor of this town. He was poor when he was a kid so he wanted to give the poor people of the town a ...... He thought that a lot of their problems would decrease if someone was stuck up for them once in awhile.

"This is all you do all day? You mean to tell me that you show people which line to get into at the Department of Motor Vehicles? There is only one line that is ever open so why do they need you to tell us where we need to go? Well, I guess everyone has to make a .....," Grant said to the lady.

"You better watch ..... or you are going to get fired. So far, the boss hasn't seen you come in late but he will one day. You have been late three out of the four days so far this week," Violet said to Anastasia.

He had always wanted to work at RAND, the leading think ...... To work next to some of the smartest people in the world and try to solve some of life's hardest questions sounded like a dream come true.

"When Adam said he never wanted to see me again, it threw me for a ...... I just didn't see it coming," Jacky admitted to Veronica.

"You're right, there's way more money in construction than in white-collar work. I'm quitting this job and getting one as an electrician," Adam announced. Todd replied, "Good. I've been waiting for you to see the ...... Now you can make some real money!"