1. When the managing director’s wig fell off during the meeting I couldn’t keep a straight face.
2. The shop assistant saw me take the shirt without paying but she turned a blind eye.
3. Since I started back after the summer holidays, I’ve been up to my neck in work.
4. Sorry about breaking your grandmother’s wine glass. I’ve been all fingers and thumbs this week.
5. I always get nervous before my first lesson with a new class. I can feel the butterflies in my stomach.
6. I don’t believe you. You’re pulling my leg.
7. I asked her if she was pregnant, but she said she had just put on weight. I’m always putting my foot in it.
8. Don’t ask me about tax and VAT. I can’t get my head round anything like that.
9. I cooked my wife a lovely meal the other day. But when I took it out of the oven she turned her nose up at it.
10. Don’t hold your breath if you want Mike to buy a drink. Mike spending money is like getting blood out of a stone.