Idioms — 8, 4-Letter Idioms

In each of the following sentences a 4-letter word forming an idiom is missing. Fill the grid with the missing words. Some letters are revealed to give you a hint. However, the order of the sentences is different from the order of the words in the grid.

Hints:

1. Now that you have grown up, you must stop living on your parents' money. It's high time you started to earn your own ________.
2. Hugh did get offended with my remarks about his project although they were sincere and I thought he would take them in good ________.
3. We can still accept Tom’s jokes, however crude they are. But we have to draw the ________ at his playing nasty tricks on everybody in the office.
4. You may not be granted the scholarship if your achievements are not up to the ________. Only the best students will be promoted.
5. They say Mr Webster is over hundred years old. But, he seems to be living on borrowed ________.
6. Uncle Jerry has got the ________ of the gab. No wonder he's been so successful as a sales representative.
7. None of the demonstration organisers escaped punishment. They were all brought to ________ and made to pay fines and do a community service.
8. Everybody likes Cindy for the simple reason that she never refuses to do anybody a good ________. She’s the most helpful person I know.
9. Angela is a more skilled swimmer than I am. I think i'll never be able to keep ________ with her.
10. We could only see the burglar making a ________ for the fence. We didn’t see his face, let alone catch him.
11. Steve has been given the ________ by another company. I wonder if he is an incompetent worker or a loafer simply.
12. The game had been pretty dull before Hopkins replaced Simmons. Then, it came to ________ and three goals were scored.
13. Everything has come to a sorry ________ in my life since my wife left me with my best friend.
14. ‘Look! I’ve got another parking ticket. It’s the third one this week!’ ‘Keep your ________ on, Andy. And look where you park your car next time.’
15. Jim's been on the ________ since he left hospital and was laid off by his employer. Were it not for the government money, he would have nothing to live on.