John says, "I'm blind as a bat without my glasses".
He can't see without his glasses!
Tom says, "The new iPhone is so expensive! It costs a billion dollars".
It doesn't actually cost a billion dollars, but it is expensive!
You told your friend you stayed up until midnight. They call you a night owl.
You stay up later at night instead of getting up early in the morning (early bird)
Your friend drops his ice cream on the ground and says, "Today's my lucky day!"
That was not lucky, he's being sarcastic! He's probably upset his ice cream dropped.
Cam comes to school with his entire leg in a cast and crutches. He says, "It's just a little scratch!"
He's being sarcastic! Having crutches and a cast shows that it was a bigger injury than a scratch!
You and your best friend say the same thing at the same time. Your mom says, "You are two peas in a pod".
You two are very similar!
You beg your mom for a new iPad, but she still says no. You say, "She has a heart of stone".
You're saying that she is cruel or mean, not that her heart is actually made of stones!
Your brother thinks he's going to win Vice President, but your mom says, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch!"
She's saying don't be overly confident in something that is not for sure yet! She's not talking about actual chickens!
You need to get groceries and your medicine, so your dad says, "Let's go to the shopping center and kill two birds with one stone".
He's saying lets pick up both the groceries and the medicine. "Killing two birds with one stone" means to get two things done at once.
You studied really hard for a test and got an A+. Your teacher says, "Wow, you hit the nail on the head!"
She's saying you did something exactly right! Not that you were actually hammering nails!
Your friend tells you a really funny joke, and you say, "That cracked me up!"
You mean that it made you laugh really hard, not that you're literally broken into pieces!
You're very nervous before a big game, and you tell your coach, "I have butterflies in my stomach".
You don't really have butterflies inside you - you're saying you feel nervous and fluttery!
Your grandma has the most beautiful garden and everything she plants grows so well. People say, "She has a green thumb".
It means she's really good at gardening and planting - not that her thumb is actually green!
You tried to keep your friend's party as a surprise, but someone told her the secret. You say, "She let the cat out of the bag!"
It means she spilled the secret - not that there was a real cat in a bag!
You've been working hard all day, and your dad says, "You deserve a pat on the back"
He means you should feel proud of yourself and you did good - not that someone literally needs to pat your back
Your friend is telling a very dramatic story and making it a bigger deal than it is. You say, "You're making a mountain out of a molehill".
That means they're making a small problem sound way bigger than it really is - A mole's hill is MUCH smaller than a mountain
