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English 8 Public

What do you think the idioms mean?

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safe as houses

very safe: “This plan is as safe as houses. It can’t fail!”

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eat someone out of house and home

eat a lot of food: “When they stayed with me, they ate me out of house and home!”

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get your own house in order

tidy up your own affairs before criticising other people’s: “You should get your own house in order before telling me what to do!”

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be on the house

be free (in a restaurant): “Can I get you a drink on the house?”

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build castles in the air

have impossible dreams or plans: “She has this unrealistic idea of sailing around the world. She’s building castles in the air again.”

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lead someone up the garden path

deceive someone: “He really led her up the garden path with his promises of promotion and career advancement.”

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throw money down the drain

waste money: “If you ask me, by giving your son all that money, you’re really throwing money down the drain.”

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get on like a house on fire

get on very well with someone: “Those two get on like a house on fire.”

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