IDIOMS II

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

Each clue below leads to a two-word idiomatic expression. For example, "The funny part of a joke" would be "Punch line".

1. Go to bed

2. Narrow escape

3. Arrogant, conceited

4. Co-operate, get along

5. Be dazed, as from a blow

6. Not to be mentioned or discussed

7. The better half of something

8. Lay low, stay out of sight

9. Make sense, as a theory or plan

10. Leave a place, as when it's time to go

11. Lie about something to get attention

12. Ruined, no longer successful, as in a career

13. Be humbled by having to admit one's mistakes

14. Point at which no more progress can be made

15. Point at which something is done that should have been done long before

 

Answers:

 

1. Turn in

2. Close shave

3. Stuck up

4. Play ball

5. See stars

6. Off limits

7. Lion's share

8. Hole up

9. Hold water

10. Shove off 

11. Cry wolf

12. Washed up

13. Eat crow

14. Dead end

15. High time