Vocabulary - Idiomatic expressions

1. After losing his queen, the chess player threw

in the towel. (surrendered, gave up)
2. Sandy was on cloud nine after she was
proposed. (thrilled, extremely happy)
3. Cutting-edge research in the medical field is
extremely important. (new, innovative)
4. He got home from the party all in one piece.
(safely)
5. I heard through the grapevine that your sister
is having an affair. (a rumor, gossip)
6. I wouldn’t want a nine-to-five job. (a routine
job.)
7. I’ll be pushing up daisies before I get to have
my own place. (dead)