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Halloween Figurative Language

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    Halloween themed figurative language and figures of speech.
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  • "Skeleton in the closet"
    To have a secret. ex: Jim has a skeleton in his closet.
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  • "Over my dead body"
    Something that will never happen, ex: My student asked if she could drive my car and I said "over my dead body"
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  • "A ghost town"
    A place that is abandoned or empty, ex: the mall was a ghost town when I got off work at midnight.
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  • "Scared the pants off me"
    To be really scared, ex: the clown in the haunted house really scared the pants off me.
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  • "Stabbed in the back"
    Betrayed by someone, ex: She stabbed me in the back when she told everyone my secret.
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  • "Stabbed in the back"
    Betrayed by someone, ex: She stabbed me in the back when she told everyone my secret.
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  • "Cold blooded"
    Evil, ex: it was a cold blooded crime
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  • "Makes my blood boil"
    Something that makes you very angry, ex: bullies make my blood boil.
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  • "Drop dead"
    To not like someone or not care about them, ex: She told the guy making fun of her to "drop dead".
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  • "Out of my mind"
    The feeling of going "crazy", ex:I'm going out of my mind with all the papers I need to grade.
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  • "Scared stiff"
    Very scared, ex: When she saw the lion outside of it's cage she was scared stiff.
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  • "Night owl"
    Someone who likes staying up late at night, ex: My husband is a night owl and often stays up past midnight.
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  • "Weirded out"
    To be creeped out or feel uncomfortable, ex: He was weirded out that the girl he just met knew all about him from his Instagram.
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  • "Witch hunt"
    Looking for something that isn't real, ex: The neighbors were on a witch hunt for vandals... only to discover it was raccoons.
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  • "Out for blood"
    Very competitive or determined, ex: The defending champs were out for blood this season.
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  • "Smell a rat"
    To think someone is not honest or who they say they are, ex: The mobster in the movie said "I smell a rat" after the police busted them.
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