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