old wives' ________ (a piece of advice or a theory, often related to matters of health, that was believed in the past but is now known to be wrong)
advice
story
tale
recommendation
as the ________ flies (describes a distance when measured in a straight line)
bird
raven
crow
eagle
be ____` large (If someone dangerous is ____ large, they are not in prison.)
at
by
around
on
be in the __________ (If you are in the ___________, you have done something to make people angry or annoyed with you.)
snakepit
cathouse
bearhouse
doghouse
to the __________ (all the way through, or very badly: I was frozen/chilled to the ________ after waiting so long for the bus.))
basic
bone
blood
heart
dog-____-dog (used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people)
eat
fight
kill
murder
don’t give up your ______ job (used for telling someone that you do not think they are very good at something)
usual
day
normal
light
face the _______ (to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done)
prison
gallows
cell
music
get nowhere _______ (to completely fail to achieve something)
fast
ordinarily
quick
slowly
preach to the _______ (to try to persuade people who already agree with you)
choir
believers
church
ministery
the gift of ______ (the ability to speak easily and confidently in a way that makes people want to listen to you and believe you)
gab
chat
speech
talk
hear (something) through/on the _________
grapevine
coast
banana tree
fog
in ______ daylight (If a crime is committed in ______ daylight, it happens during the day, when it could have been seen and prevented)
open
full
bright
broad
in the ________ (in real life, and not on TV, in a film, in a picture, etc.)
bones
flesh
body
skin
in the ______ of time (at the last possible moment)
steve
simon
nick
mike
