1. When he dented the rear fender, his friend said, "Your car is so banged up, no one will ever notice that little mark. A slice off a cut .......... is never missed."

2. He decided to buy the guitar even though he was kind of broke. At the price it was listed for, it was a .......... .

3. She asked her friend not to tell anyone about the bargain she found in the paper because loose .......... sink ships.

4. Ben felt like an idiot after blathering on to his friends about mechanics when he didn't know anything about that subject. His wife cautioned, "If you don't know, people will think you are smarter if you say nothing. A still tongue keeps a wise .......... . "

5. He knew that he should just find something else to do while the program scanned his computer for viruses. After all, a watched .......... never boils.

6. He thought that doing math problems was about as much fun as watching .......... dry.

7. Bill complimented his friend on the .......... quality wood he purchased to build his deck.

8. He didn't feel like going camping with his friends that weekend, but his father said, "You can't let your buddies down like that after you promised. You made your decision, now you have to .......... by it."

9. Eric found that the glue he was using was as useless as a .......... teapot.

10. His boss pulled an abrupt .......... and decided that employees could indeed listen to the radio at work.