Sharon had butterflies in her stomach before the championship game.
She swallowed a butterfly
She felt nervous
She was sick
She has a pet butterfly
My dad blew his stack when he saw the grades on my report card.
His hair was on fire
He lit a fire
He got mad
He had a bad headache
Jennifer was a bundle of nerves before getting her driving test results.
She was wrapped up
She was scared/nervous
She was confident
She felt proud
My parents rolled out the red carpet when family came to visit.
Got new red carpet
Danced on the red carpet
Made family leave their shoes on the carpet
Treated them special
The athlete is fit as a fiddle.
Likes violin music
Is in good shape
Works out to fiddle music
Needs to work out more
We need to get back to basics.
We need to try harder
We need to repeat elementary school
We need to learn math
We need to make things simpler
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
He made the goal
He doesn't like cigars
It was smokey
Last night it was raining cats and dogs'
Dogs and cats fell from the sky
Dogs and cats were fighting
There was a lot of noise outside
The rain was heavy
That kid has a chip on his shoulder.
He hurt his shoulder
He is holding a grudge
He is happy
Someone put a potato chip on his shoulder
