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