Fill in each blank with the missing
part of the idiom.
I work in an office where the machines are always
breaking (052) ____ and where “Out of (053) ____” signs are everywhere. In
fact, it is very rare for all the equipment to be up and (054) ____ at one
time.
Recently the copy machine has been acting (055) ____ again.
You can turn it on and make a few copies, but then the copies become too light
to read. There is no way to turn up the darkness level because the button for
this function has fallen (056) ____.
When you then consider how many lightbulbs are burned
out in various rooms and how many pieces of furniture are falling (057) ____,
you might say I should find a new place to work!