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English Slang Idioms (30)

His boss made him put his regular work on the back ......... so that he could complete yet another special project.
I think the committee is backing the wrong ......... on this one. Jack's idea failed in the past, but Nathan's idea is new and seems more feasible to me.
His day was very busy. He answered ......... to back phone calls from disgruntled customers.
"None of the ideas we came up with at the last meeting have worked. I guess we're back to the drawing .........," the manager informed her team.
"Well, my break is up. Back to the salt .......... It was good seeing you!" Bill said to George.
Zack got into a fight at school, because he felt his ......... was up against the wall. The other boys kept yelling in his face even when he tried to walk away.
My wife is a reformed backseat .......... She used to tell me to slow down every time we went out in the car, but she doesn't do that anymore.
He tried using both a comb and a brush, but resigned himself to the fact that he was having a bad ......... day, so he wore a hat to school.
His parents were mad at him for bad ......... his teacher at school.
He knew he was in bad ......... when he checked his temperature and found that he had a high fever.