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