Common idioms - give definition | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Do not put all your resources in one possibility

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Off one's rocker

Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile.

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Barking up the wrong tree

looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person

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Put wool over other people's eyes

this means to deceive someone into thinking well of them

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Picture paints a thousand words

a visual presentation is far more descriptive than words

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Miss the boat

this idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance

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seesaw

Swap points!

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star

Double points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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Speak of the devil

This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives

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Give the benefit of the doubt

Believe someone's statement, without proof

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Cut the mustard (possibly derived from "cut the muster")

Tu succeed; to come up to expectations; adequate enough to compete or participate

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eraser

Reset score!

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shark

Other team loses 5 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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thief

Give points!

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Costs an arm and a leg

This idiom is used when something is very expensive

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Hear it on the grapevine

This idiom means "to hear rumours" about something or someone

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Cross that bridge when you come to it

Deal with a problem if and when it become necessary, not before

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seesaw

Swap points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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fairy

Take points!

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thief

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Curiosity killed the cat

being inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation

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