Sharon had butterflies in her stomach before the championship game.
She was sick
She felt nervous
She swallowed a butterfly
She has a pet butterfly
My dad blew his stack when he saw the grades on my report card.
He had a bad headache
His hair was on fire
He got mad
He lit a fire
Jennifer was a bundle of nerves before getting her driving test results.
She was wrapped up
She felt proud
She was scared/nervous
She was confident
My parents rolled out the red carpet when family came to visit.
Got new red carpet
Treated them special
Danced on the red carpet
Made family leave their shoes on the carpet
The athlete is fit as a fiddle.
Is in good shape
Works out to fiddle music
Needs to work out more
Likes violin music
We need to get back to basics.
We need to learn math
We need to make things simpler
We need to repeat elementary school
We need to try harder
Once in a blue moon I win a contest
This never happens
This happens rarely
I wish this would happen
This happens often
His goal kick was close, but no cigar
He doesn't like cigars
He made the goal
It was smokey
He missed the goal
Last night it was raining cats and dogs'
Dogs and cats were fighting
There was a lot of noise outside
Dogs and cats fell from the sky
The rain was heavy
That kid has a chip on his shoulder.
He is happy
He is holding a grudge
He hurt his shoulder
Someone put a potato chip on his shoulder
