We had a surprise party planned for Joelle, but Noah spilled the beans to her. Even though Joelle acted surprised, she knew about the party.

My mother said that I'd never be able to eat all of the food I put on my plate. She'll have to eat her words when she sees that I finished everything.

This Thanksgiving, I intend to pig out on turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie.

John wanted to be a football player in the NFL, but he knew it was probably pie in the sky since he didn't train and practice every day.

I'm going to stick my neck out and ask my teacher for extra days to complete the assignment.

My little brother was too old to suck on his pacifier. One day, mom took the pacifier away from him cold turkey. He never sucked on another pacifier again.

Eating lots of food at Thanksgiving makes me so tired. I usually hit the hay right after dessert.

We need to sit down and talk turkey about our project. If we keep fooling around, we'll fail.

My dad really upset the apple cart by changing our Thanksgiving plans at the last minute.

Aunt Wendy is planning to eat like a bird this Thanksgiving because she is on a diet.

When I was struggling with fractions, Ms. Nash took me under her wing and did extra problems with me after class.