What do you mean?: Understanding Idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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understanding idiomatic expressions

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'Once in a blue moon' (a) occasionally/rarely OR (b) to live on the moon?

occasionally/rarely

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'The ball is in your court' (a) Go to court OR (b) It's your turn to respond?

B. It's your turn to respond.

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' barking up the wrong tree' (a) to misunderstand OR (b) to shout loudly?

a. to misunderstand something

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'Don't put your eggs in one basket' (a) to hope one course of action will work will give a successful outcome OR (b) to carry something?

(a) to hope one course of action will work will give a successful outcome

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'It's a piece of cake' (a) delicious OR (b) easy?

to say something is easy to do.

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'The best thing since sliced bread' (a) amazing OR (b) beautiful?

a) amazing

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'sit on the fence' (a) to take a break OR (b) to be undecided about something?

(b) to be undecided about something?

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'to bury the hatchet' (a) to end a fight/forgive and forget OR (b) to hide something?

(a) to forgive and forget/reconcile

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'bite your tongue' (a) to get annoyed OR (b) to stay silent about something?

(b) to stay quiet about something

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'Tie the knot' (a) get married OR (b) to secure something?

(a) get married

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'I smell a rat' (a) a bad odour OR (b) to know something is wrong?

(b) to know something is wrong

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'I bet hit the sack' (a) to carry something (b) to go to bed?

to go to bed

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'Let someone off the hook' (a) to stop chasing someone (b) to allow someone to escape blame or punishment

(b) to allow someone to escape blame or punishment

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'Miss the boat' (a) to miss an opportunity or (b) to misunderstand something

(a) to miss an opportunity

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'Under the weather' (a) feeling cold or (b) feeling slightly unwell/low spirits

(b) feeling slightly unwell/low spirits

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'No pain, no gain'. (a) To say something doesn't hurt (b) No success without effort.

(b) No success without effort.

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