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.
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 was wrapped up
She felt proud
She was scared/nervous
She was confident
My parents rolled out the red carpet when family came to visit.
Danced on the red carpet
Got new red carpet
Treated them special
Made family leave their shoes on the carpet
The athlete is fit as a fiddle.
Likes violin music
Needs to work out more
Is in good shape
Works out to fiddle music
We need to get back to basics.
We need to repeat elementary school
We need to make things simpler
We need to try harder
We need to learn math
Once in a blue moon I win a contest
I wish this would happen
This never happens
This happens often
This happens rarely
His goal kick was close, but no cigar
He doesn't like cigars
He made the goal
He missed the goal
It was smokey
Last night it was raining cats and dogs'
Dogs and cats fell from the sky
There was a lot of noise outside
The rain was heavy
Dogs and cats were fighting
That kid has a chip on his shoulder.
Someone put a potato chip on his shoulder
He is happy
He is holding a grudge
He hurt his shoulder
