The public nature of their disgreement meant that everybody in the room would _____________________________________.
lose face
Max was keeping his _________________________ that the bank manager would approve his loan application.
fingers crossed
Bob added ________________________________ by winning the basketball championship. Better still; he was team captain and got to keep the trophy for a year.
a feather in his cap
A: "He's so confident and he really loves himself - he's a politician, you know."
B: "_____________________________!"
That figures!
Matt knew he couldn't surf to save his life, but he was able to _______________ by inventing an ingenious new board design!
save his face
John knew he eventually had to decide whether or not to say yes to Kate's marriage proposal, but because he liked the free life, he was _____________________.
dragging his feet.
Although Betty was upset, she knew Deborah and Tim had won the dance-off ___________________.
fair and square.
As Prof. Dun began explaining yet another theory, Mark started to get _________________ about his decision to become a maths teacher.
cold feet
Nora's obsession with golf turned out to be just another __________________; a month later and she is sick of it already!
flash in the pan
While mum ____________________________ doing the housework, dad just sat on the sofa each night and never lent a hand.
worked her fingers to the bone
By asking if anyone had any questions, he ___________________ and spent the next two hours being quizzed!
opened the floodgates
That lady did really well in her interview and, besides, she was very easy-going. She really _______________ John's ___________ !
took John's fancy!
