Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
When the candidate saw she couldn’t win the election, she and quit the race.
A.threw in the towel
B.pan out
C.sponged off
D.had a screw loose

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
I wasn’t true if I did well on the test. So I was when the teacher was giving them back.
A.as sharp as a tack
B.pan out
C.a potluck
D.on pins and needles

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
We had a lot of business last week. The orders were coming in .
A.ins and outs
B.song and dance
C.wear and tear
D.right and left

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Calpurina always cleans the house well before her mother visits so that everything is .
A.wear and tear
B.spick-and-span
C.song and dance
D.cock – and - bull

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
George and I had a date for Saturday, but he never came to get me. Now he just told me ______ about thinking that our date was on Sunday.
A.an odds and ends
B.a right and left
C.a song and dance
D.a cock-and- bull story

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Let’s . We’re off to a good start, but we still need to collect more money to get videotape machines for our school.
A.say no dice
B.get a kick out of
C.put my cards on the table
D.keep the ball rolling

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
I’m tired of listening to your complain. Stop bothering me. Why don’t you just go ?
A.a good sport
B.in the same boat
C.off base
D.fly a kite

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
I used to be able to run five miles a day without any problem. Now I have trouble running just two miles. I must be getting .
A.up the creck
B.over the hill
C.down – to – earth
D.out of this world

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
The company is rapidly. It needs to produce and sell more and better products.
A.making a mountain out of a molehill
B.winning by a landslide
C.getting over the hill
D.going downhill

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
She needed money badly. So she had a garage sale in which she sold a lot of her things .
A.dirt cheap
B.once in a blue moon
C.out of this world
D.over the hill