Idioms Practice Stories

Esmeralda is living from hand to mouth these days. She used to keep extra money stored away secretly to use in a pinch but last month her youngest son stole it. He had done bad things before but this

Suzanna and her sister have reached a parting of the ways. They struck a bad patch in their relationship when they argued over their ill mother. Suzanna didn't want to pick a fight with her sister

George is getting ready for a parade with his school. He was playing in his uniform and got it dirty. He knew his mother was going to hit the roof and he was on tenterhooks on his way home. At

Mark Jeffries may look calm but he is actually shaking in his boots. He is an assassin and his enemy is looking for him. He was listening to a phone conversation by his enemy and discovered that

Datshi loves to dice with death. His mother always gets angry with him and tells him to play it safe. Datshi likes to ride wild horses and one day he and his mother went at it hammer and tongs. She

Alonzo's wedding day was a great day. For months he had been planning to tie the knot with his girlfriend. He told one friend and asked it to be kept secret. His friend let the cat out of the bag

Jerry Mandler runs the specimen collection for her local university. She keeps track of thousands of speciments. One month ago her boss told her he would do an inspection. She felt she had been so

Kevin Miles loves fishing. Last year he even won a local fishing competition with flying colors. He was grinning from ear to ear that day. The prize was a fishing trip to the coast to fish for

Tom attends a very strict school. The teachers give a lot of homework and they get angry if it is not done. One day Tom lost his homework. He turned his room upside down looking for it. He

Deepa is feeling a bit more relaxed after her fight with her mother. She wanted to go out with a boy and her mother had a fit. They crossed swords just as Deepa was trying to quietly leave the

Nasrin and her mother are starting a new textile business. Right now they are down in the mouth a bit since their business is in the red. It has been having teething troubles over the past three

Jenny has been living on a shoestring for almost nine years. When her fisherman husband died she did not have a penny to her name. There was nothing else for it but to get a job and start working.

Gerald Heart is dining like a king tonight. A meal as big as this one is like gold dust to him and he wants to enjoy it as much as he can. He has to get a move on however because the cafe he is

Anwar runs a delivery business with his bicycle. Last year the rains were very bad and the city was at sixes and sevens. Anwar's parents told him to take a rest but he turned a deaf ear to them and

Mary Ann is in seventh heaven today. Her boyfriend just popped the question to her. He promised he would spare no expense in giving her the best wedding ever and his father is rich. He thinks the

Jim is sitting pretty tonight as he sits in to dinner. Last night he was in a cold sweat because he was not ready for his mathematics test. His friend told him to study the wrong parts of the