Game Preview

idioms in context

  •  English    20     Public
    idioms
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • time flies when you're having fun
    clocks have wings
    time goes by quickly
    clocks can fly
  •  5
  • I couldn't go to school today because I was sick as a dog
    very ill
    a dog's fever
    coughing up hairballs
  •  5
  • I can't ever say what I want to because I'm always walking on eggshells
    being careful not to offend someone
    walking on things that are crunchy
    to play a game of crushing eggshells
  •  5
  • When my friends talk to me, I'm all ears
    to have a hard time hearing
    to listen with your full attention
    to have more than 2 ears
  •  5
  • Hold your horses! I can't walk as fast as you
    to hold on tight to your stuff
    to grab the saddle of a horse
    to slow down or stop
  •  5
  • I understand why you are mad, we are in the same boat
    to take a boat ride with someone
    to share the same game with someone
    to be in the same situation
  •  5
  • It's been raining cats and dogs since last week
    to have lots of cats and dogs as pets
    heavy rain
    to have cats and dogs fall out of the sky
  •  5
  • That test was a piece of cake
    to bake a cake
    to eat a slice of cake
    easy to do
  •  5
  • When pigs fly, I will learn how to skateboard
    some pigs grow wings
    when pigs jump off of something
    something impossible
  •  5
  • The big race is giving me butterflies in my stomach
    to feel like you will throw up
    to swallow a butterfly
    to feel nervous about something
  •  5
  • My old friend just gave me the cold shoulder
    to hurt your shoulder
    to get hit with a snowball
    to ignore or treat someone unfriendly
  •  5
  • I'm new to this and feel like a fish out of water
    to lose your fish
    to be in an unfamiliar situation
    to not be able to breathe
  •  5
  • Do you have a frog in your throat?
    to capture a frog with your tongue
    having trouble speaking
    to swallow a frog
  •  5
  • My dog is the apple of my eye
    something or someone that you cherish
    to have a red eye
    to eat too many apples
  •  5
  • She seems like she always has her head in the clouds
    to be very tall
    to daydream
    to be flying
  •  5
  • Don't cry over spilt milk
    to spill your milk
    to cry milk out of your eyes
    to be upset over something that can't be changed
  •  5