Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
He knew that once his father found out that he was in detention again at school, he would be dead ......... .
A -
fish
B -
meat
C -
set
D -
head
2-
He knew that the only way to get his next promotion would be to wear dead man's ......... . His boss was showing no signs of wanting to retire.
A -
hopes
B -
clothes
C -
shrouds
D -
shoes
3-
Even though the boss didn't agree, he was not going to back down. He knew that he was dead ......... .
A -
ahead
B -
right
C -
done
D -
mad
4-
He tried to wake up his daughter, but she had stayed up very late the night before, so she was dead to the ......... .
A -
bed
B -
day
C -
max
D -
world
5-
"I know you think that I was out late partying, but you're dead ......... ." Chris told his wife. "I was really working."
A -
wrong
B -
on
C -
crazy
D -
away
6-
"I've been calling your name for five minutes! I swear you're as deaf as a ......... ," Grace told Paul.
A -
post
B -
dwarf
C -
frog
D -
hammer
7-
He received a Dear ......... letter from his fiancee. They had been together for four years, but he had been in Iraq for over a year now and she had met someone else.
A -
Jack
B -
Bill
C -
Bob
D -
John
8-
His car broke down, his roof leaked and he owed more income tax than he expected. He felt like he was experiencing the death by a thousand......... .
A -
needles
B -
cuts
C -
burns
D -
knives
9-
"You should go home, Gina. You're too sick to be here. You look like death......... over," Willis said.
A -
all
B -
come
C -
brought
D -
warmed
10-
"Boys, let's go to the bar. I'm ......... the mahogany. I just made a big sale!" Mitch said to his fellow salesmen.
