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Halloween Figurative Language

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    Halloween figurative language with context clues
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  • My sister is as WHITE AS A GHOST.
    very white, especially of a person's face as a result of fear
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  • My daughter asked if she could drive my car and I said "OVER MY DEAD BODY.".
    Something that will never happen
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  • Joe took all the credit for the project, but didn't do a thing. It MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL!
    Something that makes you very angry
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  • My husband is a NIGHT OWL and often stays up past midnight.
    Someone who likes staying up late at night
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  • All of my teachers look DEAD TIRED.
    Exhausted, very tired
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  • If you don't turn in your project, you're DIGGING YOUR OWN GRAVE. There's no way you'll get a decent grade without it!
    create serious problems for yourself by doing something foolish
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  • I'm a morning person, so I could never work the GRAVEYARD SHIFT like you do.
    a work shift that happens over night
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  • Many of the old mining communities are GHOST TOWNS now.
    a place with few or no people
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  • The weather is miserable, but the scenery is still DROP DEAD GORGEOUS.
    extremely attractive
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  • I cannot believe my friend STABBED ME IN THE BACK by telling my teacher I wasn’t really sick when I stayed home yesterday.
    do something bad to somebody who trusted you, to betray somebody
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  • Jenny is SCARED TO DEATH of spiders.
    very frightened
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  • Tom always plays DEVIL'S ADVOCATE in any given conversation because he loves picking apart other people's arguments.
    somebody who argues an unpopular opinion for the sake of an argument
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