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Halloween Figurative Language

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    Halloween themed figurative language and figures of speech.
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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.
  •  15
  • "Stabbed in the back"
    Betrayed by someone, ex: She stabbed me in the back when she told everyone my secret.
  •  20
  • "Cold blooded"
    Evil, ex: it was a cold blooded crime
  •  20
  • "Makes my blood boil"
    Something that makes you very angry, ex: bullies make my blood boil.
  •  20
  • "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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  • "Night owl"
    Someone who likes staying up late at night, ex: My husband is a night owl and often stays up past midnight.
  •  15
  • "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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  • "Stop dead in their tracks"
    To freeze or not move, ex: I stopped dead in my tracks when I walked outside for lunch and saw Billie Eilish came to our school.
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  • "Scaredy pants"
    Scared easily, ex: My sister is a scaredy pants when it comes to haunted houses.
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  • "Come back to haunt you"
    Something that resurfaces as a problem or challenge, ex: All that homework I didn't turn in came back to haunt me when report cards came out.
  •  20
  • "Makes my skin crawl"
    Creeps you out or makes you uncomfortable, ex: It makes my skin crawl when people crunch ice cubes.
  •  10