Fill-In-The-Blank Idioms
used for wishing someone good luck, especially before a performance
"Break a _____!"
leg
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Forrest Gump
a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed above each end of the court.
basketball
The part of a tree or plant that grows under the ground
Root
A person who teaches or trains athletes or performers
Coach
something that is very easy to do
"That was a piece of _____!"
cake
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of "______," the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines?
Grease
a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by the goalkeepers. The object of the game is to score goals by kicking or heading the ball into the opponents' goal.
soccer
The red liquid that is pumped through the body by the heart
blood
A list of food available at a restaurant
Menu
an idiom that means it's pointless to be upset about something that has already happened and can't be changed
"There's no use crying over ______ ____."
spilled milk
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal.
The Godfather
a game for two teams of eleven players in which an oval ball is moved along the field by running with it or throwing it
football
_____ are a way for providers to get pictures of the inside of your body. They are most commonly used to look at bones and joints.
X-rays
A platform connecting land and water that boats tie up to
Dock
To do something “once in a ____ _____” is to do it very rarely.
blue moon
Young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Cole is frightened by visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. He is too afraid to tell anyone about his anguish, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis). As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequences for client and therapist are a jolt that awakens them both to something unexplainable.
The Sixth Sense
a game in which two or four players strike a ball with rackets over a net stretched across a court.
tennis
the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth
gravity
a walkway between sets of rows of seating or to the walkway between two sets of shelves in a store
Aisle
If you do something "at the drop of a ____", you do it immediately without stopping to think about it.
hat
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.
Psycho
one of the martial arts; a system of unarmed combat using the hands and feet to deliver and block blows, widely practiced as a sport.
karate
a type of rock that's commonly polished smooth and used for things like kitchen counters
granite or marble
An agreement between enemies or opponents to have a temporary pause in fighting
Truce