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What is an Idiom?

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    Common used idioms and what they mean
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  • What is this idiom and what does it mean?
    It's raining cats and dogs and it means bad weather.
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    Barking up the wrong tree and it means To falsely accuse a person of doing something or to pick up the wrong person to do something.
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    Dropping like flies and it means dying or falling down in large numbers.
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    Cost an arm and a leg and it means it is very expensive
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    Riding shot gun and it means riding in the front seat of a vehicle next to the driver
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    Turn a blind eye and it means to consciously ignore unwanted information
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    Pull out all the stops it means to do everything you can to make something successful
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    Get one’s goat means to irritate or annoy someone
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    Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water Meaning: look for avoidable errors so you don’t remove something good with the bad
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    Bite the bullet Meaning: to perform a painful task or endure an unpleasant situation
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    Pulling someone’s leg Meaning: teasing someone, usually by lying in a joking manner
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    Opening a can of worms Meaning: Doing something that will only create more problems.
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    A piece of cake Meaning: A simple task/job or something that is very easy to do.
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    Think outside of the box Meaning: To think creatively or in an original way.
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    Grab the bull by the horns Meaning: To face a problem/challenge without beating around the bush or to do something difficult in a brave manner
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    That's the way the cookie crumbles and it means: Talking about a situation where you have very little or absolutely no control.
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