1. The money you have brought may seem a lot for you but it’s only a drop on/in/off the ocean compared to the millions that the kidnappers are asking for the child.
2. When the doctor told me I was going to have a baby, I was under/on/at cloud nine.
3. It is bad manners to wash your dirty linen in/at/on public.
4. I’d give anything to be a fly in/on/at the wall when Peter owns that he is wrong.
5. My Dad has three thousand pounds kept aside. He has been saving this sum of money at/on/for a rainy day.
6. Don’t be a dog in/on/at the manger! Lend me your bicycle if you are not using it at the moment.
7. So you’ve finally realized what a mistake you’re making. I wondered how long it would take you to come to/at/in your senses.
8. We are off to the Maldives tomorrow. We decided on/at/in the spur of the moment.
9. Oh, you’re eating your dessert first! But you’ve put the cart on/before/after the horse.
