Elements

Question 1

to defy very bad weather

Answer 1

to brave the elements

Question 2

to sense a state of nervous tension

Answer 2

you could cut the air with a knife

Question 3

to behave as if socially superior

Answer 3

to put on airs

Question 4

affected manners

Answer 4

airs and graces

Question 5

lofty and impractical

Answer 5

airy-fairy

Question 6

fanatical believer in the importance of fresh air

Answer 6

fresh-air fiend

Question 7

bombastic nonsense

Answer 7

hot air

Question 8

dreams or hopes that will never be realized

Answer 8

castles in the air

Question 9

be in a state of exaltation

Answer 9

to walk on air

Question 10

to dilute

Answer 10

water down

Question 11

decisive turning point

Answer 11

watershed moment

Question 12

irrefutable

Answer 12

water-tight

Question 13

to be valid, tenable

Answer 13

to hold water

Question 14

to find out in advance what a response to some action will be

Answer 14

test the waters

Question 15

to explore where no one else has gone before

Answer 15

to chart unknown waters

Question 16

to find fault with, disparage

Answer 16

to pour cold water on

Question 17

to vanish without a trace

Answer 17

to disappear like water on sand

Question 18

uninteresting, boring

Answer 18

dull as ditchwater

Question 19

to be inactive, static

Answer 19

to tread water

Question 20

in trouble

Answer 20

in hot water

Question 21

in difficulties

Answer 21

in deep water

Question 22

to weep

Answer 22

to turn on the waterworks