After Ms. Smith caught Ava chewing gum for the third time, she scheduled a conference. When Ava’s mother came into Ms. Smith’s classroom, she was chewing gum. Ms. Smith thought to herself, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree."

Tonight I’m pulling out all the stops: candlelight dinner, violin music, chocolates, the works! Then I’ll ask her to marry me.

Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn’t been for Suzie dragging him home for dinner.

Come quick! Your brother ate a lot of sugar and now he has gone bananas.

Eric wanted to fix his cousin’s computer, but he was already having problems setting up his aunt’s Wi-Fi network and he didn’t want to open a whole new can of worms.

The boy was caught cheating on his test. Now he has to face the music with the principal.

I accidentally agreed to going to see the game and babysitting on the same night. Now I am in a pickle.

I got it straight from the horse’s mouth that there’s going to be a pop quiz today, so I am going to study during lunch.

Over the summer, Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.

Mrs. Robinson expects my presentation to be good, but I have been working on it every night for the last week, so I'm definitely going to knock her socks off.

Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig kept a stiff upper lip.

At the library, Niko can kill two birds with one stone. He does his schoolwork and hang out with his friends.