"Skeleton in the closet"
To have a secret. ex: Jim has a skeleton in his closet.
"A ghost town"
A place that is abandoned or empty, ex: the mall was a ghost town when I got off work at midnight.
"Scared the pants off me"
To be really scared, ex: the clown in the haunted house really scared the pants off me.
"Makes my blood boil"
Something that makes you very angry, ex: bullies make my blood boil.
"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.
"Scared stiff"
Very scared, ex: When she saw the lion outside of it's cage she was scared stiff.
"Night owl"
Someone who likes staying up late at night, ex: My husband is a night owl and often stays up past midnight.
"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.
"Stick a knife in it"
To finish it off, ex: I was doing my homework at the kitchen table, at 6:30 mom said "stick a knife in it".
"Dead center"
The very center of something, ex: The water balloon hit in the dead center of my face.
"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.
"Scaredy pants"
Scared easily, ex: My sister is a scaredy pants when it comes to haunted houses.
"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.
"Makes my skin crawl"
Creeps you out or makes you uncomfortable, ex: It makes my skin crawl when people crunch ice cubes.
