IDOMS XXI

THREE-WORD IDIOMS V

Can you think of a three-word idiom that matches each of the descriptions below?  

Ex. Increase what is at stake - - -  UP THE ANTE

1. Child leaving home to live independently

2. Date more than one person at a time

3. The government of a country and its affairs

4. A big fuss over something or a long, untruthful story meant to distract 

5. Easy, comfortable circumstances

6. Spiel that tries to persuade someone to accept something untrue or undesirable

7. In close association or collusion

8. Unfair, disregarding the rules (as in boxing), crude or insulting - as a remark 

9. Risk everything in an all-out effort

10. Admit that what you said was wrong, retract it, and perhaps be embarrassed

11. Try something in a small way to gauge the situation 

12. Qualify, Come up to expectations, Meet the required standard 

13. Essential, an integral and inseparable piece of something else 

14. Set a limit on what one is willing to do or accept and stick to it

15. Pay for the essential things you need to live when you have limited money 

Answers:

1. Leave the nest/Fly the coop

2. Play the field

3. Ship of State

4. Song and dance

5. Bed of roses

6. Bill of goods

7. Hand in glove

8. Below the belt 

9. Go for broke

10. Eat your words

11. Test the waters

12. Make the cut/Cut the mustard

13. Part and parcel

14. Draw the line

15. Make ends meet