1. He knew that once his father found out that he was in detention again at school, he would be dead .......... .

2. He knew that the only way to get his next promotion would be to wear dead man's .......... . His boss was showing no signs of wanting to retire.

3. Even though the boss didn't agree, he was not going to back down. He knew that he was dead .......... .

4. He tried to wake up his daughter, but she had stayed up very late the night before, so she was dead to the

5. "I know you think that I was out late partying, but you're dead .......... ." Chris told his wife. "I was really working."

6. "I've been calling your name for five minutes! I swear you're as deaf as a ..........," Grace told Paul.

7. He received a Dear .......... letter from his fiancee. They had been together for four years, but he had been in Iraq for over a year now and she had met someone else.

8. His car broke down, his roof leaked and he owed more income tax than he expected. He felt like he was experiencing the death by a thousand ..........

9. You should go home, Gina. You're too sick to be here. You look like death .......... over, Willis said.

10. "Boys, let's go to the bar. I'm .......... the mahogany. I just made a big sale!" Mitch said to his fellow salesmen.