Speak English Like an American Review for Lessons 16-20 Idioms and Expressions MCQ Test

My aunt and uncle are really sitting _____. They made a lot of money in the stock market.

Lighten _____! You need to stop taking your job so seriously.

After a week, my houseguests really started to get _____ my nerves. They made long-distance phone calls to Singapore, drank all my wine, and slept until noon every day.

Amber likes to stay up past midnight every night. She's what you'd call a _____ owl.

Mildred thought she'd have trouble remembering to take her pills. But now, after ten months, it's _____ nature.

Susan messed _____ and left the cookies in the oven for 25 minutes too long. They were ruined.

Andrea didn't cheat. She won the election fair and _____.

Bob didn't know anything about baking when he and Susan started selling cookies, but he quickly learned the _____.

Ted and his friends were fooling _____ in the chemistry laboratory when they accidentally started a fire.

Mary's daughter wanted the new Harry Potter book. But by the time they got to the bookstore, it was already sold _____.