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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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My sister is a SCAREDY PANTS when it comes to haunted houses.

Scared easily

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The mobster in the movie said "I SMELL A RAT" after the police busted them.

To think someone is not honest or who they say they are

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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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She told the guy making fun of her to DROP DEAD.

To not like someone or not care about them

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All of my teachers look DEAD TIRED.

Exhausted, very tired

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Jim has a SKELETON IN HIS CLOSET.

To have a secret

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I was SCARED STIFF when I heard someone in our kitchen in the middle of the night.

so scared that you cannot move

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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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Right in front of me one of the robbers shot him in COLD BLOOD.

to do something without any emotion

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