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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Adam is so that he never listens to anyone. He always does what he has decided.
A.chicken
B.bookworm
C.pighead
D.to talk turkey

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My little brother is . If I get black sneakers, he wants to have black sneakers, too.
A.a bookworm
B.a copycat
C.an early bird
D.a pig head

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When the teacher walked into the room, each student was at his or her desk, reading a book , .
A.as quiet as a mouse
B.as a bat
C.like a dog
D.chicken