When the club doubled its yearly dues, many people and
canceled their memberships.
a. voted with their feet
b. pieced together
c. were baptized by fire
Ques. 2Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, comedians were reluctant to
offend audiences by joking about the events with .
a. a marriage of the minds
b. mincing words
c. gallows humor
Ques. 3That is composed of some very intelligent people who
develop creative solutions to environmental problems.
a. brain drain
b. think tank
c. poetic justice
Ques. 4If you want to be , you cannot spend more than you
earn.
a. baptized by fire
b. in the black
c. a marriage of true minds
Ques. 5, most people worked for one company their whole
lives. Now, of course, workers change employers more often.
a. Mincing words
b. Out of character
c. Time was
Ques. 6He doesn't like the belly-baring shirts his daughter wears, so he hopes the popularity of that
fashion will soon be .
a. on the wane
b. in the black
c. an open secret
Ques. 7Although our country's Founding Fathers had their philosophical differences, they had a
when it came to establishing a new democracy.
a. Cold War
b. marriage of the minds
c. bone of contention
Ques. 8Slavery was the that began the Civil War between the
northern and southern states.
a. alpha and omega
b. friend in high places
c. bone of contention
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