We were sardines in the backseat of the van on the way to the beach.

Jessie's mom asked her what she wanted for her birthday, so Jesse quickly started saying everything. Her mom told her to hold her horses because she couldn't write that fast.

Life is a roller coaster. It is full of ups and downs.

Eddy wanted Kelsey to play a video game with her. Kelsey didn't want to play, so she politely said, "No thank you. That is not my cup of tea."

Rachel wanted to make her mom's famous apple pie for her teams bake sale. She tried for hours, but the pie never tasted right. She threw in the towel and decided to buy a pie instead.

After earning a 100% on her English paper, Jamie was on cloud nine.

My room is a disaster!

I didn't hear a sound out of Emily all night. She was as quiet as a mouse.

Steven's mom wanted him to mop the floor before company came over. When she came to check on his, she told him to put more elbow grease into it because the floors were still dirty.

Her driving test was a walk in the park.

The computers in the library are dinosaurs. They are getting laptops next year.

Tiffany doesn't like it when kids at her school bully other kids. It really makes her blood boil.

Nathan was acting like he had ants in his pants all night long.