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Metaphors

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    What does each metaphor mean?
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  • Under the weather.
    To feel bad.
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  • Bite the bullet.
    Do something that you do not want to do but HAVE TO do.
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  • Pulling someone's leg.
    Joking.
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  • Hit the nail on the head.
    Got the correct answer.
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  • Mark my words.
    Bold predictions that usually comes true.
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  • Miss the boat/train.
    To be late.
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  • Caught red-handed.
    Caught doing something WHILE DOING IT.
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  • Out of hand.
    Out of control.
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  • A night owl.
    Someone who stays up late at night.
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  • Cut me some slack.
    To pardon someone for their mistakes after they have been trying hard.
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  • Skin of your teeth.
    Just barely doing something.
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  • That is word salad!
    When someone says something but the message is too confusing for the other person to understand.
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  • Jump the shark.
    Take extreme measures.
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  • Cabin fever.
    Bored due to staying at one place for too long.
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  • Hello darkness, my old friend.
    Someone who is constantly in the company of misery/sadness.
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  • Up in the air.
    No decision has been made yet.
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