It is said you are between a rock and this place if you are faced with two unsatisfactory options
A hard place
Also used to refer to a rather form of Internet access, this expression may also be used to mean increase or put pressure on
Dial up
Strife
This effigy is used to frighten away vermin and predators in corn fields
A scarecrow
This longer word is used to describe someone who is full of contempt
Contemptuous
You might be a little "worse" for this after an evening of heavy drinking
Worse for wear
Of set in, set off, or set about, this phrasal verb is often used to mean digest or absorb information
Set in
This words that rhymes with sail may also be called a bucket
A pail
A quirk
Groundbreaking
Pave the way
This supine phrasal verb means to seek revenge
Get back at
This word might resemble how you feel about being dead one day - and rhymes with dead, too
Dread
This decorative section of the wall in your kitchen protects the wall from errant liquids
Backsplash
Not to be confused with "stupid", this word means amazing or incredible
Stupendous
We quit this low-temperature Thanksgiving favourite when we give up a habit without the weaning process
Cold turkey
You are said to sleep ___ the night if your sleep was uninterrupted
through
This word rhymes with reckless - and means nearly the same thing
Feckless
Starting with the letter q, this deep, man-made pit is used to extract minerals from the ground.
Quarry
This word is something that "happens" through random "circumstance"
Happenstance
This kind of edge is the innovative kind
Cutting edge
Of rile up, put up, or post up, this expression means "to excite"
Rile up
These home fixtures rhyme with Pringles, and may look like them, too - but don't eat them! They belong on your roof.
Shingles
This word refers to a living being born of another living being, and is also the name of a popular 90's band
Of rambunctious, gregarious, or unctuous, this word is ascribed to children who are ill-behaved
Rambunctious