1. A. fifth wheel
B. The sky's the limit
C. knock someone's socks off
D. a dime a dozen
E. cash cow
F. bite your tongue
G. break the bank
H. a day late and a dollar short
I. basket case
J. elephant in the room
K. off the top of head
L. cut to the chase
M. once in a blue moon
N. a bitter pill (to swallow)
O. burned out
1. For people who work hard at this company, ----------------------.
2. We all sat sipping our tea quietly; no one wanting to bring up the
------------------------- about Joel's expulsion from college.
3. --------------------- I could probably onlyname about three women artists.
4. He felt more and more like a ------------ at the office.
5. I’m ------------ after all that partying.
6. The news --------------------------- of everyone in the office.
7. You'retoo old to be given a job. That's a -------------------------.
8. Remember, editors are --------------------, so if she causes trouble, fire he
r.
9. Hong Kong Telecom has been a -----------, thanks to a huge number of
international calls.
10. I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to
-------------.
11. It only costs $2. That's not going to --------------..
12. After a few introductory
comments, we ----------------- and began negotiating.
13. The government's attempts at reform were -----------------------------..
14. We only go out -------------------.
15. My weeks of worrywere so intense that I was a real ----------------- afterw
ards.